I visited the zoo for a half-day this past Saturday for the World of Birds 50th anniversary members celebration. Lots of exciting bird news!
-First, the zoo hosted a wildlife encounter group who showcased a number of birds, including Military Macaw, Black-Throated Magpie-Jay, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Silver-Cheeked Hornbill, and a Common Buzzard. The hornbill and macaw did flight displays while the other three all interacted with the crowd to varying degrees. The buzzard was still young and hadn't lost all his down yet. He was also an odd morph, being almost completely blond in color.
-Cabot's Tragopan, African Spoonbill, and Red-Crested Turaco all have chicks at the moment. The Snowy Egrets are also sitting on eggs.
-Green Honeycreeper and Violaceous Euphonia have both been added back to the Blue-Billed Curassow and Golden-Headed Quetzal habitat.
-The zoo's Cuban Amazon are either gone or off-exhibit.
-The Sulawesi Dwarf Hornbill female has been enclosed inside her nestbox by the male, so fingers crossed the zoo manages to breeding this rare bird!
-There is a Pied Avocet chick in the World of Birds nursery. The remaining Red Bird-of-Paradise chick and Guam Rails have outgrown the nursery displays and have been moved off-exhibit to grow.
-The American Flamingo and Trumpeter Swan have gone back on-exhibit. I do not think any of the cranes have been.
-The zoo has shipped out its last crowned-crane.
-Since my visit only a few weeks ago, the zoo has added four new species on-exhibit in World of Birds: Pink-Headed Fruit-Dove, Chestnut-Breasted Malkoha, Indian Pygmy-Goose, and Yellow-Rumped Cacique. The first two have replaced the the amazons, the goose are in the two-story Asian forest with the pool, and the cacique are mixed with the quetzal aviary. There is a second malkoha on-exhibit in the Pheasantry as well.
In addition to the bird news:
-The North Indian Muntjac and Indian Hog Deer have returned to the on-show collection, with the hog deer herd having grown by a few individuals by the looks of things!
~Thylo
-First, the zoo hosted a wildlife encounter group who showcased a number of birds, including Military Macaw, Black-Throated Magpie-Jay, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Silver-Cheeked Hornbill, and a Common Buzzard. The hornbill and macaw did flight displays while the other three all interacted with the crowd to varying degrees. The buzzard was still young and hadn't lost all his down yet. He was also an odd morph, being almost completely blond in color.
-Cabot's Tragopan, African Spoonbill, and Red-Crested Turaco all have chicks at the moment. The Snowy Egrets are also sitting on eggs.
-Green Honeycreeper and Violaceous Euphonia have both been added back to the Blue-Billed Curassow and Golden-Headed Quetzal habitat.
-The zoo's Cuban Amazon are either gone or off-exhibit.
-The Sulawesi Dwarf Hornbill female has been enclosed inside her nestbox by the male, so fingers crossed the zoo manages to breeding this rare bird!
-There is a Pied Avocet chick in the World of Birds nursery. The remaining Red Bird-of-Paradise chick and Guam Rails have outgrown the nursery displays and have been moved off-exhibit to grow.
-The American Flamingo and Trumpeter Swan have gone back on-exhibit. I do not think any of the cranes have been.
-The zoo has shipped out its last crowned-crane.
-Since my visit only a few weeks ago, the zoo has added four new species on-exhibit in World of Birds: Pink-Headed Fruit-Dove, Chestnut-Breasted Malkoha, Indian Pygmy-Goose, and Yellow-Rumped Cacique. The first two have replaced the the amazons, the goose are in the two-story Asian forest with the pool, and the cacique are mixed with the quetzal aviary. There is a second malkoha on-exhibit in the Pheasantry as well.
In addition to the bird news:
-The North Indian Muntjac and Indian Hog Deer have returned to the on-show collection, with the hog deer herd having grown by a few individuals by the looks of things!
~Thylo
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