Bird Flu Closures in the US

ZooTampa at Lowry Park - Although I do not believe if this has been properly announced, (do correct me if I am wrong). But several bird species have been moved off exhibit indefinitely; while a few notable birds such as the penguins, palm cockatoo, and shoebills, were still out on exhibit with a few modifications to each of their habitats. In addition, the Australasia, Sulawesi, Lorikeet, and Main aviaries have all been closed off, mainly from what I have seen on my most recent visit.
 
Austin the Sengi said:
ZooTampa at Lowry Park - Although I do not believe if this has been properly announced, (do correct me if I am wrong). But several bird species have been moved off exhibit indefinitely; while a few notable birds such as the penguins, palm cockatoo, and shoebills, were still out on exhibit with a few modifications to each of their habitats. In addition, the Australasia, Sulawesi, Lorikeet, and Main aviaries have all been closed off, mainly from what I have seen on my most recent visit.
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Announced here without much info:

Florida bird flu has ZooTampa staff concerned | wtsp.com.

Do you have any more specific info, exactly what species are still out, and which are off-exhibit. I'd like to be as specific as possible with my updates to this thread (this goes for anyone with specific info about any zoo).
 
Given that I had only spent more than an hour at the zoo when I last visited, I did not have enough time to see all, but a few of the aviaries on that visit. But from what I could tell; I noticed that the chickens that are usually housed with the tamarins and titi monkeys for example, appeared to be off exhibit, as were the cape teals and black-bellied whistling ducks in the shoebill aviary. In addition, even though the walkthrough aviaries were closed off to the general public. I could still see a few birds flying around in their exhibit, most notably with the yellow-billed storks in the Sulawesi aviary, along with the lorikeets in their respective area as well.
 
Woodland Park has announced various closures and precautions as bird flu spreads in WA.
Woodland Park Zoo taking extra measures to protect birds amid possible bird flu outbreak

Oregon Coast Aquarium has closed their seabird aviary until further notice as of May 7th.
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Point Defiance, Northwest Trek, Seattle Aquarium, Oregon, and Wildlife Safari have not yet released any statements regarding bird flu.


In slightly different and somewhat concerning news, Michigan has found several cases of Red Fox kits with bird flu, presumed to stem from being fed infected waterfowl:
https://www.wxyz.com/news/avian-flu-detected-in-3-red-fox-kits-michigan-dnr-reports
 
The San Diego Zoo has removed all the birds from the lower lagoon (across from the eagle trail) in anticipation of netting the entire area and moving the birds from the open-air lagoons.
 

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I couldn't help but notice that the last several updates were all positive news, with exhibits reopening or animals going back on exhibit. Hoping this is a sign of things finally starting to reverse and returning to normal; I got a trip to Atlanta coming up in 2 weeks.
 
Astrotom3000 said:
I couldn't help but notice that the last several updates were all positive news, with exhibits reopening or animals going back on exhibit. Hoping this is a sign of things finally starting to reverse and returning to normal; I got a trip to Atlanta coming up in 2 weeks.
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And I'm going to Chicago and St Louis at the end of June! Fingers crossed!
 
Idaho Falls Zoo - flamingos, peacocks, guineafowl, some waterfowl species are completely off exhibit. As well, combative measures such as extra netting, shade sails, and others are in place to keep wild birds out.

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Smaggledagle said:
Busch Gardens Tampa - flamingos and other bird species have been placed off exhibit.

Busch Gardens Tampa Gears Up for a Wild Summer
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This was another recent closure that I happened to witness in person. Although it should be noted that just like with Lowry Park; many of the birds that are typically housed in the walkthrough aviaries (such as the lorikeets), could still be seen flying around within their respective space. Even if you are not allowed to actually go inside. While the other less-susceptible birds (like the ostriches and penguins), were still out in their main habitats with little to no modifications to any of their respective areas.
 
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