Animal Edventures at Earthspeak Park (Coats, NC)

SusScrofa

SusScrofa

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Has anyone been to this small sketchy-looking zoo in rural North Carolina or heard anything about it?
https://www.earth-speak.org/

They call themselves a sanctuary but I doubt thats the case. They do seem to hold some interesting species from their USDA report, especially for birds. Some can even be confirmed through online photos of the place.

  • [*]DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT BAT-EARED FOX
    [*]GRAY FOX / GREY FOX
    [*]RED FOX (INCLUDES SILVER FOX & CROSS FOX)
    [*]EGYPTIAN FRUIT BAT
    [*]SOUTHERN TAMANDUA
    [*]AMERICAN BADGER
    [*]SUGAR GLIDER
    [*]KINKAJOU
    [*]SMALL SPOTTED GENET
    [*]DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG
    [*]DROMEDARY CAMEL
    [*]BROWN CAPUCHIN / TUFTED CAPUCHIN BRUSH-TAILED RAT-KANGAROO
    [*]DOMESTIC GOAT
    [*]BOLIVIAN HAIRY ARMADILLO (probably a different species)
    [*]HOFFMANN'S TWO-TOED SLOTH
    [*]AFRICAN CRESTED PORCUPINE (probably Cape Porcupine)
    [*]BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG
    [*]RING-TAILED LEMUR
    [*]LEAF-NOSED BAT (listed as Hipposederos pomona but very likely just Seba's)
    [*]STRIPED SKUNK
    [*]STRAW-COLOURED FRUIT BAT
    [*]WHITE-HEADED / WHITE-THROATED CAPUCHIN
    [*]BINTURONG
    [*]RACCOON
    [*]INDIAN PEAFOWL / COMMON PEAFOWL / PEAHEN / PEACOCK
    [*]LINNAEUS'S TWO-TOED SLOTH
    [*]GIANT ANTEATER
    [*]SMEW
    [*]MANDARIN DUCK
    [*]BLUE-WINGED TEAL
    [*]CINNAMON TEAL
    [*]ORIENTAL PIED-HORNBILL
    [*]SILVER PHEASANT
    [*]BLACK-CASQUED HORNBILL
    [*]WHITE-CHEEKED TURACO
    [*]WHITE-CRESTED TURACO
    [*]LIVINGSTONE'S TURACO
    [*]GUINEA TURACO
    [*]TRUMPETER HORNBILL
    [*]SILVERY-CHEEKED HORNBILL
    [*]SAMAR HORNBILL
    [*]LAUGHING KOOKABURRA
    [*]DOMESTIC CHICKEN (INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS / TURKIN / COCK / HEN / ROOSTER)
    [*]BLUE-WINGED KOOKABURRA
    [*]BLUE-BELLIED ROLLER
    [*]YELLOW-KNOBBED CURASSOW
    [*]KEEL-BILLED TOUCAN
    [*]GOLDEN PHEASANT
    [*]GRAY CROWNED-CRANE / AFRICAN CROWNED-CRANE / GOLDEN CROWNED-CRANE
    [*]VULTURINE GUINEAFOWL
    [*]HIMALAYAN MONAL
    [*]AFRICAN SACRED IBIS
    [*]SPECTACLED OWL
    [*]MAROON-BELLIED PARAKEET / MAROON-BELLIED CONURE
    [*]BUDGERIGAR / BUDGIE / COMMON PARAKEET / SHELL PARAKEET
    [*]DIAMOND DOVE
    [*]CRESTED PIGEON
    [*]WESTERN CROWNED-PIGEON / BLUE CROWNED-PIGEON
    [*]VICTORIA CROWNED-PIGEON
    [*]SENEGAL PARROT
    [*]SALMON-CRESTED COCKATOO / MOLUCCAN COCKATOO
    [*]NICOBAR PIGEON
    [*]BLACK-NAPED FRUIT-DOVE
    [*]YELLOW-NAPED PARROT / YELLOW-NAPED AMAZON
    [*]PINK-HEADED FRUIT-DOVE
    [*]GREATER YELLOW-HEADED VULTURE / FOREST VULTURE
    [*]COMMON OSTRICH
    [*]GOULDIAN FINCH
    [*]DOMESTIC PIGEON INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS
    [*]ZEBRA FINCH / TIMOR ZEBRA FINCH SOCIETY FINCH / BENGALESE FINCH BRONZE MANNIKIN
    [*]STAR FINCH
    [*]FIJI PARROTFINCH / RED-HEADED PARROT FINCH
    [*]GALAH / ROSE-BREASTED COCKATOO / ROSEATE COCKATOO
    [*]SCARLET MACAW
    [*]SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO / GREATER SULPHURCRESTED COCKATOO
    [*]RED-AND-GREEN MACAW / GREEN-WINGED MACAW
    [*]ECLECTUS PARROT
    [*]BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW / BLUE-AND-GOLD MACAW
    [*]WHITE COCKATOO / UMBRELLA COCKATOO
    [*]CONGO AFRICAN GREY PARROT / GRAY PARROT
    [*]MEALY PARROT
    [*]YELLOW-HEADED PARROT / YELLOW-HEADED AMAZON / DOUBLE YELLOW-HEADED AMAZON
    [*]SMALL-EARED BUSHBABY / NORTHERN GREATER GALAGO
    [*]CITRON-CRESTED COCKATOO
    [*]COMMON MARMOSET
    [*]EURASIAN EAGLE-OWL
    [*]COLLARED ARACARI (probably Curl-crested based on online photos)
    [*]ROSY-FACED LOVEBIRD
    [*]COMMON HILL MYNA
    [*]SMALL BUTTONQUAIL (most certainly not actual Turnix, probably Painted Quail)
    [*]GROUNDHOG / WOODCHUCK
 
biggest_dreamer said:
There's some interesting birds in that list for sure (in contrast to its almost entirely bog standard mammal roster), but also at that point why wouldn't you just take the drive up to Sylvan Heights?
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Does Sylvan have yellow -headed vultures? I can't recall.
 
SwampDonkey said:
Does Sylvan have yellow -headed vultures? I can't recall.
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biggest_dreamer said:
If they do, I didn’t see them. The only two birds of prey I recorded at Sylvan were African Fish Eagle and Eurasian Eagle Owl.
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SwampDonkey said:
I didn't think so either, that's a species that I really want to see sometime.
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Sylvan Heights has never had either species of Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes melambrotus or Cathartes burrovianus) on display anywhere since I started visiting back in 2023. I don't even know if they have them in their behind-the-scenes breeding facility. The only place I've been to that has them is Reptile Gardens, and their individual is part of their daily shows.
 
Astrotom3000 said:
Sylvan Heights has never had either species of Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes melambrotus or Cathartes burrovianus) on display anywhere since I started visiting back in 2023. I don't even know if they have them in their behind-the-scenes breeding facility. The only place I've been to that has them is Reptile Gardens, and their individual is part of their daily shows.
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Great information! So that is a pretty rare species to have on display then.
 
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