Shoebill Exhibit at Prague, 25/08/12

There are two adjacent exhibits for Shoebills - this more open one and a second packed full of foliage giving a real bird-spotting challenge.

Great Photo of a Great Animal in a Great Exhibit in a Great Zoo.

Thanks for the photos, Mgauari!

Thanks and you're welcome!

This is a very neatly designed exhibit - the viewing windows are in the 'indoor' area and the back half is an otuside aviary, meaning if/when the birds have to be kept in in winter they are still on show at the same windows. Also, the dividing mesh wall between the aviaries is one giant electric shutter, so the birds can be mixed or separated at the touch of a button, the mesh divide simply folding away into the aviary roof.

Very well designed, like most of the other Prague enclosures.

How would you rate this trip? A 10 out of 10?

As a trip, a definite 10/10 - very hard to fault it! (not to say all the zoos would be 10/10, though!)

Impressive exhibit for this amazing bird. I like too the way the Shoebill is 'arranged' in the bottom left hand corner, as if modelling for the exhibit. Very clever shot.

Thanks, but the credit should go to our feathered friend - it was being very amenable!

Maguari said:

Thanks, but the credit should go to our feathered friend - it was being very amenable!

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If I didn't know better I might think you had superimposed him for scale..

Pertinax said:

If I didn't know better I might think you had superimposed him for scale..

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I can assure you the only 'post-processing' this has gone through is a slight tweak of brightness and contrast!