Well I guess it's now or never. I am going to be doing a walk-through! Thank you to Thylacinealive and Tealovingdave who gave me the idea. So as in thylos bronx walkthrough we will start with basic info.
Basic Info
The zoo is open November 3 to April 3 from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm with 4:00 pm being the last entry time. From April 4 to November 2 it's open from 10 am to 5 pm. That should give you enough time even for a zoochatter to visit this 6.5 acre zoo. The zoo is open for all days of the year unless an emergency happens such as a hurricane. Address is on 54th street and 5th avenue. The general admission is 12 for adults, 7 for children, and 9 for seniors(65+) They also have a 4D theater which costs 7 dollars for 3+ and 4 for WCS members. The general admission also includes the Tisch Family Petting Zoo. A helpful hint, don't go asking keepers where the hippos, zebras, lions, and giraffes are as the zoo hasn't had those animals for decades! For more info visit their website. http://centralparkzoo.com/
Walthrough
Once you enter through the main entrance you go straight down a nice path with two or three souvenir booths to your right. Make an immediate right after you come to a small path to the center of the zoo which features 4 California Sea Lions in a circular tank with a large rock "island" in the middle with smaller ones throughout. This species has been around since the Central Park Zoo was known as the Central Park Menagerie! The info on the plaques teach you about the differences between seals, sea lions, and walruses. There are fantastic feeding shows at 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, and at 3:30 pm. It definitely is one of the better shows I have been to.
Now you would back track to that earlier path with brick columns and an education center surrounding it. Keep going up the path, and you will see entrance to the Tropic zone exhibit. But before you enter I would take a moment to keep going that path a little farther to the right where you will see two male White Faced Saki Monkeys with a circular viewing glass and the exhibit is a lot of plants and small trees. Unfortunately I usually can't get great shots because of the glare from the sun. Now back track to the main enterance to Tropic World. But right before the doors is an smallish imo sized exhibit featuring 2 Blue and Yellow Macaws and one Red and green Macaw. Their exhibit a decent height to it with a couple of tree branches they can climb. After that you could finally enter Tropic World...
Basic Info
The zoo is open November 3 to April 3 from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm with 4:00 pm being the last entry time. From April 4 to November 2 it's open from 10 am to 5 pm. That should give you enough time even for a zoochatter to visit this 6.5 acre zoo. The zoo is open for all days of the year unless an emergency happens such as a hurricane. Address is on 54th street and 5th avenue. The general admission is 12 for adults, 7 for children, and 9 for seniors(65+) They also have a 4D theater which costs 7 dollars for 3+ and 4 for WCS members. The general admission also includes the Tisch Family Petting Zoo. A helpful hint, don't go asking keepers where the hippos, zebras, lions, and giraffes are as the zoo hasn't had those animals for decades! For more info visit their website. http://centralparkzoo.com/
Walthrough
Once you enter through the main entrance you go straight down a nice path with two or three souvenir booths to your right. Make an immediate right after you come to a small path to the center of the zoo which features 4 California Sea Lions in a circular tank with a large rock "island" in the middle with smaller ones throughout. This species has been around since the Central Park Zoo was known as the Central Park Menagerie! The info on the plaques teach you about the differences between seals, sea lions, and walruses. There are fantastic feeding shows at 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, and at 3:30 pm. It definitely is one of the better shows I have been to.
Now you would back track to that earlier path with brick columns and an education center surrounding it. Keep going up the path, and you will see entrance to the Tropic zone exhibit. But before you enter I would take a moment to keep going that path a little farther to the right where you will see two male White Faced Saki Monkeys with a circular viewing glass and the exhibit is a lot of plants and small trees. Unfortunately I usually can't get great shots because of the glare from the sun. Now back track to the main enterance to Tropic World. But right before the doors is an smallish imo sized exhibit featuring 2 Blue and Yellow Macaws and one Red and green Macaw. Their exhibit a decent height to it with a couple of tree branches they can climb. After that you could finally enter Tropic World...
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you are now surrounded by very tall and lush trees filled with free flying birds. I will now give you the free flying species that inhabit this building. Oh and please forgive me as the species are very well hidden so I am not sure if the birds are always hiding or aren't there anymore. I am going by alphabetical order.
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Just a few things, though:
) . So keep going down and the path and you visit the zoo's two star attractions, Betty and Veronica the female Grizzly bears. These bears as cubs were rescued from the Yellowstone area when their mothers were put down due to garbage eating and that kind of behavior. The exhibit used to hold the necrotic Gus the polar bear in an arctic type exhibit. After he was euthanized due to a tumor, it took a couple of months to change the arctic exhibit to an exhibit which is made for grizzly bears, each include a running stream, rocks to pull, push, and lie on, etc... The plaques throughout are usually mentioning to keep yourself bearproof in the wild, lock trash cans and be smart regarding safety. As you go down some stairs (no surprise there
) you end up at a nicely sized exhibit for 1.1 Harbor Seals. The exhibit is mostly water with some land for them to lie on. Before the seals came these birds inhabited it which are now dispersed throughout the zoo. Thanks to thylo for this list.
. It had to happen at some point. Anyway here it is.
This is the Penguin and Sea Bird House. Anyways go in and to the left will be a se of doors to go in. The first sense to operate when you open the door will be your sense of smell! Some people love it and some hate it to such a degree they walk right out.(I read about that somewhere). So when you walk in there will be a video screen talking about the penguin program they have here. Along the left side of the wall will be a long and deep enclosure for 6 species.