Bronx Zoo Bird of Prey Aviaries

[snowleopard]

@reduakari: you make some good points in your post, and Omaha's interpretive graphics inside its 4-acre aviary are indeed the pits. I am still perplexed why that zoo is going ahead with its new arctic section, Madagascar exhibit and elephant enclosure when it could spend a few bucks and revamp the huge aviary or rip the guts out of the cat house.

 

[tigertiger]

Okay, I'm not going to change your mind, but there are several open-fronted exhibits (bee-eater cliffs, argus pheasant forest floor and canopy, Asian rainforest destruction exhibit, Eastern North American woodland, Oropendola treetops) and two very large walk-through aviaries (African forest, South American forest). The artificial trees and living vegetation in all of the exhibits (except the hornbill treetops exhibits, which are rather sparse) are dramatic and lush. Although viewed through glass, the exhibits for Birds of Paradise, Red Bishops, Guira Cuckoos, Currasows are beautifully appointed.

San Diego's huge walk-through aviaries are obviously fantastic, but name some other US zoo bird exhibits you feel are better than the World of Birds

Clearly we disagree on what 'large' and 'lush' mean but that's not something I think we'll ever agree on .

I think that this weekend, the Cincinnati World of Birds topped anything I've ever seen. If it wasn't for the sliding doors, I wouldn't have been aware I was actually in some place not natural until I got up to the penguins. Open spaces (albeit a little on the tiny side), open displays and more. That was amazing.

Other US bird displays I think reign supreme are Toledo's Aviary, Queens Zoo's Aviary, a lot of the National Zoos bird exhibits, some of the bird exhibits in Oregon are amazing. The tropical terrain in Central Park (which is essentially an indoor bird land with monkeys and bat areas...) is a good exhibit too. I've as of yet never made it to San Diego so I can't judge those.

 

[yangz]

There are few zoos that have better bird of prey exhibits than Bronx, such as Fort Worth, Dallas, and Cincinnati. But I still think Bronx's world of birds is one of the better exhibit in the country. As a northern zoo, it is better to house birds in the building rather than exhibit them in an open aviary to avoid the catch and transfer the birds between seasons. Besides, they are still the best in terms of their exhibitry and graphics.

 

[tigertiger]

National Zoo's big aviary is nice, but then so is the Seabird Aviary at the Bronx.

I agree with this entirely. Through there's not much species variety in the Seabird Aviary at the Bronx, the spacious land and chance to be 'a part' of the exhibit always makes that one of my favorite features in the zoo itself. You can literally smell the realism and I love it.