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blospz

blospz

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So it's not big news, but the baby White Faced Saki is out on exhibit now with its mother and father. To me this is great because I believe the baby was born sometime in the spring and I've really missed seeing the little monkeys. I went up to their enclosure today, practicing photography with my sister's camera for the Columbus Zoo next week, and I wanted to see if the tamandua was out. He was, sleeping, but then some activity near the toucans caught my eye. Recently, the adult male saki has been allowed out for in the mornings. But then I saw the whole family and I felt so lucky to have a nice camera for once to capture the moment. The baby is adorable and very active. They're back just in time for Monkey Business weekend coming up soon.

I'll be very excited when they let the snow leopard cubs out on exhibit!
 
@blospz besides the baby White Faced Saki and Snow Leopard cubs are there any others? My Aunt and Uncle have a house right by the zoo and I should be visiting soon. Don't they rotate out with some other animals? Hopefully I will have right timing and be able to see them.
 
Babies:
-Clover, the rhino (except she's two so she's a big baby).
-Swans
-Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep (2 are a few months old)
-Gemsbok
-Japanese Macaque (though I've only seen him once)
-Reindeer
-Baby sheep are supposed to be coming to Heritage Farm in the next week if all goes to plan.
-Ruby, the one year old devon milking calf.

The White Faced Saki don't rotate out with any animals. Not sure if they're out for a limited amount of time during the day. I would say the safe bet is they're out at least in the morning. I can start keeping a track on it, though I'm usually only there in the mornings.

I'm not sure if you were asking about animal rotation in general. But this is what I know of the zoo:
-Golden Tiger/Lions
-Female Ocelot/Male Ocelot
-Spectacled Bear (Vanishing Animals)/Manned Wolf
-Mandrill/Serval
-Crested Macaque/Lone Hyena
-Ruffed Lemur/Ring Tailed Lemur

The animals listing first in each bullet are usually the ones that are there in the morning. The rotation usually happens around 3ish.
 
I meant Snow Leopard rotating. So since you didn't mention them rotating I'm guessing they don't. Is it just the mom and cubs or is there a male that may be there instead of her and the cubs?

A few more questions I had....

What species are in the Animal Pavilion?
Do you work there or just live close?
 
As of now, the adult male snow leopard is the only one on display. There's a live feed inside the cubs holding area, but it can be a hit or miss if they're actually in it or not (TV screen inside the ecostation).

I'm not sure what you're referring to when you say the Animal Pavilion. Do you mean what Snowleopard refer to in his review? Then it's the series of linked cages that hold the vultures, porcupines, and Eurasian lynx. There are some empty compartments, such as the one that held the peccary (moved to the Rainforest...though I haven't seen her on display forever) and another that was for the red panda (moved to Cleveland Zoo).

I don't work there. I live near by and I am an active member that visits the zoo at least once a week.
 
Hopefully they will be on display when I get there. Do you how many cubs they had?

The Animal Pavilion is what its called on the map. I am pretty sure its the place with vultures and lynx.
 
Two male cubs. I'm assuming they'll be on display in September or October.

Thanks for pointing that out, I haven't really studied the new map they created after Heritage Farm opened. Yeah, that's where the vulture, porcupine, and lynx are. The vultures had a baby, but it has grown up quite a bit in the past couple of months and will probably be to their size when you come. But the baby's face is not blue like its parents. The African Crested Porcupines can be a challenge to see. They usually like to hide in their logs or in the back of the exhibit (and with the outdated caging, it's very hard to see). They are behind the vultures. The Lynxes can be tricky too. They have a small yard behind to porcupine and a bigger yard that you can only get to from the other side of the pavilion. They're mostly in the smaller yard underneath the pine tree (across from the Bighorn Sheep Mountain).

Let me know if you have any other questions! :-)
 
Oh no! Well hopefully they will be on the live feed so you can see them on the screen in the ecostation. If you're going to the zoo on Saturday, you'll be there for their themed day, Monkey Business (enrichment and talks with the zoos monkeys). And if you go Sunday, well maybe there'll be less of a crowd.

I hope you have fun despite some of the outdated exhibits. Definitely check out the Rainforest Building!
 
Monkey Business
Saturday, August 14, 2010

Event Schedule

11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

You'll go "bananas" over this fun event, which will showcase the Buffalo Zoo's small primates! Event highlights include keeper talks and enrichment for the sakis, capuchins, squirrel monkeys, howlers, macaques, tamarins and mandrills.

Visit the following exhibits to watch the animals receive special treats!

11:00 a.m. Eco-Station – Keeper Talk/Enrichment (Golden Lion Tamarins)

11:30 a.m. - Vanishing North - Enrichment (Mandrills)

12:00 p.m. - M & T Bank Rainforest Falls Visitor Center - Activity: compare non-human primate hands to human hands

1:00 p.m. - M & T Rainforest Falls - Keeper Talk/Enrichment (Primate Exhibit)

2:00 p.m. - Vanishing South - Enrichment (Primates)

3:00 p.m. - Rainforest - Keeper Talk/Enrichment (Toucan/Saki Exhibit)



I forgot to mention that the White Faced Saki baby is out on display now. Cute and energetic! If you go to this area around 10:45ish AM, you may be lucky to see the tamandua walking around. Though with the new activity with the monkeys returning, he may be stationing himself in one area.
 
I'm not sure. I don't speak monkey, so I'm hoping they have an interpreter there.
 
Sounds pretty cool I like when zoos have keeper talks especialy when its a zoo you visit frequently.It gives you insight into the individual animals.I think more zoos should have them.

Marty from Team Tapir
 
kbaker116: I hope your trip to the Buffalo Zoo was a nice one. I'm not sure if you're going today or heading out there tomorrow. I went early this morning before work to catch some of the monkeys. All the talks and enrichment were scheduled later in the day when I wouldn't be around. But they did have their signs up in front of each monkey exhibit telling visitors their names, information, likes and dislikes. I was excited to see the baby White Faced Saki, Argyle, out again. This time the tamandua was active and he ventured over to their area. I was wondering if a fight was going to happen, but the mother Saki took her baby to another location for privacy.

I'm not sure if you were able to spot the baby snow leopards on their live camera feed as when I went they changed the view of it from inside their sleeping den to outside showing their whole indoor exhibit. Also, when I went by it was on stop mode and it almost looked like a symbol was in the corner showing a low battery.
 
What is the next major project to be done here now that Heritage farm is complete and does anyone know when they would begin work?

Team Tapir
 
I believe the Main Entrance and Arctic Cove. I'm not exactly sure when each will start construction. Probably whenever they get the funding. Although I hope the main focus is on Arctic Cove first since anyone who's visited the zoo all know the bear pits are horribly outdated. I'm hesitant of the positioning of the new entrance. While it's more convenient for those who park in the parking lot, I find they could use the space to create another yard for the elephants since the one they have now is so small. But perhaps they are waiting on the elephants when they start on the African Watering Project. Time will tell.

EDIT: I wasn't thinking. The zoo has Asian Elephants so there's no way they'd be incorporated in the African Watering Hole exhibit. So it's sad to think they'll be stuck in that exhibit for who knows how long.
 
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After checking the zoo's newsletter, Donna Fernandes, the zoo's president, says that design work for the projects begin this summer. The need $18 million to complete both projects. So it may be a while!
 
Move it to a new location and improve the look. I believe there's a picture of it on their website: future

I can't imagine that they can make that big of an entry village, like Columbus Zoo. It's really not that big of a space.
 
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