demoiselle cranes, Reid Park Zoo

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  Arizona Docent

• 4 Mar 2009

Added in 2008, they live with the muntjac.

 

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  Ituri

• 4 Mar 2009

Are there still Burmese brown tortoises in that exhibit as well?

 

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  Arizona Docent

• 4 Mar 2009

Ituri said:

Are there still Burmese brown tortoises in that exhibit as well?

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I think they only have red-eared sliders now, which were moved there from the pond in the zebra and ostrich yard.

 

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  Arizona Docent

• 23 Apr 2009

Not on exhibit for a couple months now. One of the pair was killed in the middle of the night, we think by a racoon, and the other is being held in back in "protective custody." How do we know it was a racoon (which no one has seen or been able to catch)? Apparently because it used a telltale racoon habit: eating only the victim's head.

 

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  Ituri

• 23 Apr 2009

Phoenix Zoo has lost some waterfowl to that very same culprit.

 

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  mstickmanp

• 23 Apr 2009

The LA Zoo has to lock up the flamingos at night due to coyotes (and maybe racoons) that live at the zoo at night.

 

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  Hix

• 23 Apr 2009

Taronga used to lock up their flamingos because of feral foxes.

I think this is the first time I've seen Demoiselle Cranes in a forest environment. I've only ever seen them before in open grassy paddocks.

 

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  Ituri

• 23 Apr 2009

mstickmanp said:

The LA Zoo has to lock up the flamingos at night due to coyotes (and maybe racoons) that live at the zoo at night.

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Phoenix Zoo's flamingo exhibit fence is electrified at night because of the raccoons.

 

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  Arizona Docent

• 23 Sep 2009

Well, since the racoon was never caught and the remaining crane had no hope of going back on exhibit, it was recently shipped to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The female muntjac is back to a solitary existence (except for the turtles in her pond).

 

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  UngulateNerd92

• 15 Sep 2025

I like this setup much better than their current American alligator exhibit.