Sorry, Scimiter-horned, that was a bit hasty, I'm new around here. Nice thing about the admittedly small pool is that it's easy to keep clean. Yes, the aviary is too low allow any proper flight. And I haven't studied pelicans, so apologies for any offence.
I would still point out that fully winged pelicans and flamingos can at least have a little flap off the ground when running I think the longleat flamingos have done so well is due to them being a big group and being fully winged,both flamingos and pelicans are big birds and the males when mating are able to do the job far better when fully winged as they can balance while on top of their ladies! (not meaning to sound crude) this then results in more fertile eggs.I once watched a pelican at london zoo flap for a fully 5 mins who was clipped was soo sad,I'm sure those able to lift themselves off the ground for a bit are far more happy and stronger and able to make better use of perches and nesting plat forms and I'm sure they get used to being fully winged and know how to fly about properly in a certain space I could be wrong Fully winged if possible just seems better for me.
And how has the mink affected their bird populations!
Well seeing as you are such an expert on these birds can you name which UK collections have bred this species in the last 2 years then?
I can let see if you know as much as you claim to!!
Sorry to brake this to you but FBBird is right this collection did lose a Pelican to a Mink,reason i can be so sure was told by the Head Bird Keeper of this great Bird Collection!
I'm not an expert on anything, but can come over a bit pushy. Unless my memory is at fault [and it sometimes is], I was told by a member of the Paultons team that they had a pelican killed by a mink when they were out on the main lake, and this was quoted to me as an example of just how much of a menace feral mink can be. Apologies if I've got this wrong. They certainly reduced a large waterfowl collection there to almost nothing.
As to who has bred Pink-backed recently, I don't know. I believe Longleat were the first, followed by Bristol. It's quite possible that Longleat have bred them in the past couple of years. I learn a lot from Zoo Chat, and would like to know who has bred Pink-backed Pelicans in the past two years.
was it probably a old bird as they can easily die of stress. alot of pelicans died at birdworld because a fox got in and they all panicked and three died because they were very old
yep we at longleat have an amazing breeding record of pink backs . but not whites for some reason . we have treid every thing but our african white pelicans will not breed
yep we at longleat have an amazing breeding record of pink backs . but not whites for some reason . we have treid every thing but our african white pelicans will not breed
