Dutch zoo guides
- Thread starter Mr Gharial
- Start date
With the aviary recently reopened, I was able to visit it during my visit yesterday. If you still want to do a guide for it, here is a list for the Puna aviary:
- Ruddy duck
- Puna teal
- White-cheeked pintail
- North American wood duck
- Puna ibis
- Scarlet ibis
- Black-faced ibis
- Roseate spoonbill
- Chaco chachalaca
- Blue-throated piping guan
- Grey-winged trumpeter
Thanks! I read about the opening a week after my visit and was quite annoyed.
I won't be able to make the guide (or rather, I won't be able to upload the guide) for at least another week, but I'll get it out as soon as I can!
Did the aviary not also had Picazuro pigeons ? They were atleast last year there
I'm afraid I might have missed one or more signs in the aviary.
ZTL says the Picazuro pigeons were still kept at GaiaZoo in March of this year, but were held in the aviary near the Pampas lodge in 2022 (that aviary held monk parakeets earlier this week).
I'm not sure how to fix this... I'm really sorry for the confusion...
The Puna aviary held Picazuro pigeons at some point but hey, changes happen all the time. It is a zoo after all. If they were held separately for a short while that's probably for a reason
I would have loved to do one for the car Safari, but for some stupid reason Beekse Bergen decided to remove the bus safari, and you can't exactly enter the drive-though with a bike.
The Elephant valley will be coming out a month or two later, since it's still in the introduction phase and more animals are set to be added
The Elephant valley will be coming out a month or two later, since it's still in the introduction phase and more animals are set to be added
I went to the Beekse Bergen this week and did the car safari, I could give you a species list if you want one.
That would certainly be appreciated!
The bus safari is only from 1 October to 10 April. I believe the reason is that in the busier months, it otherwise becomes too crowded and the busses cause traffic jams.
Is the superb starling supposed to be on it twice?
There are twice as many Superb starlings than there are other birds in the aviaryIs the superb starling supposed to be on it twice?
You just couldn't have said that before the edit timer ran out, could you?
Attachments
Last edited:
Beekse Bergen - Car Safari
Note: The car safari also goes through Beke Se Bereke and past the Floodplain.
Beekse Bergen - (Car Safari continued)
DAMN, some of these distributions were difficult to figure out
Thanks to KevinB for helping me with the car safari species list
Note: The car safari also goes through Beke Se Bereke and past the Floodplain.
Beekse Bergen - (Car Safari continued)
DAMN, some of these distributions were difficult to figure out
Thanks to KevinB for helping me with the car safari species list
Attachments
Last edited:
In July I also saw the one remaining Japanese sika deer (kept in the Asian paddock, just as the axis deer and antelopes it has acces to both Banteng and Camel/Przewalski sections). There should also be one Mesopotamic fallow deer left in the mix there according to one of the park staff.