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King of Komodo Dragons said:
For the first time in like years, the social media account showed off the Merriam's Kangaroo Rats in their habitat in the Mountains and desert building in Texas Wild, I may be reading too much into it, but I hope this means they are reopening the building soon.

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Mountains and Deserts is officially back open! With 14 new species of reptile and amphibians apparently!

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USZOOfan42 said:
What notable species are in there?
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In Texas Wild, there are Bald Eagles, White-Nosed Coati, Jaguar(which are being moved for Forests of the World), Red Wolf, American Black Bear, American Alligator, Mountain Lions, Ocelot, Ringtail, Coyote, Bobcat, Swift Fox, Burrowing Owl, Black-Tailed Prairie Dog, Broad-Billed Hummingbird and a few aviaries and a handful of other species

for the reopened mountains and deserts, they have Alligator Gar, Texas Kangaroo Rat, Texas Spiny Lizard, Spot-Tailed Earless Lizard, Pecos Pupfish, Rio Grande Cooter, Southern Two-Striped Stick Insect and a handful of other herps and inverts
 
Does anyone know where the secretary birds are kept now, if anywhere? I’m in the zoo now and was prepared to board the train, where the map and previous species lists indicated they would be, but the person at the ticket gate said there were no animals visible from the train. I asked if she knew anything about the secretary birds, and she said all she knew was that they weren’t on the train path.
 
biggest_dreamer said:
Does anyone know where the secretary birds are kept now, if anywhere? I’m in the zoo now and was prepared to board the train, where the map and previous species lists indicated they would be, but the person at the ticket gate said there were no animals visible from the train. I asked if she knew anything about the secretary birds, and she said all she knew was that they weren’t on the train path.
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I was told the same thing and yet when I road the train the Kori Bustards and Secretary Birds were still there, so I don't know why they say there's no animals, though I imagine they may be moved at some point as I think their habitat overlaps with Forest of the World construction plans
 
biggest_dreamer said:
Does anyone know where the secretary birds are kept now, if anywhere? I’m in the zoo now and was prepared to board the train, where the map and previous species lists indicated they would be, but the person at the ticket gate said there were no animals visible from the train. I asked if she knew anything about the secretary birds, and she said all she knew was that they weren’t on the train path.
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I've never ridden the train so I'm not 100% sure, they've said for at least 2 years now there's no animals visible on the train, but I know that there was at the least kori bustards viewable before they were moved, and I believe that someone posted a picture of the secretary birds from the train in that time, so as far as I know they're still there.
 
Alright time to double back and be awkward buying a ticket after initially declining then because that bird is a large part of why I’m here lol. Thanks.
 
biggest_dreamer said:
Alright time to double back and be awkward buying a ticket after initially declining then because that bird is a large part of why I’m here lol. Thanks.
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Good luck! Let us know if you see them, I know the kori bustards were moved to the old red-crowned crane exhibit (still with the old scenery) so I am curious what all it looks like back there. Hopefully they're still there.
 
biggest_dreamer said:
Does anyone know where the secretary birds are kept now, if anywhere? I’m in the zoo now and was prepared to board the train, where the map and previous species lists indicated they would be, but the person at the ticket gate said there were no animals visible from the train. I asked if she knew anything about the secretary birds, and she said all she knew was that they weren’t on the train path.
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When I visited before they were still there 2 months ago.
 
GiornoPizza said:
Good luck! Let us know if you see them, I know the kori bustards were moved to the old red-crowned crane exhibit (still with the old scenery) so I am curious what all it looks like back there. Hopefully they're still there.
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I’m not sure what’s new or old (this is my first time here) but presently the red crowned cranes are amongst the bird collection between the clouded leopard and tiger, and I just passed some kori bustards next to the saddle billed storks in the emptyish middle section of the zoo. In line for the train now.
 
biggest_dreamer said:
I’m not sure what’s new or old (this is my first time here) but presently the red crowned cranes are amongst the bird collection between the clouded leopard and tiger, and I just passed some kori bustards next to the saddle billed storks in the emptyish middle section of the zoo. In line for the train now.
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Yep, they moved them to the Asian and African Predators section, maybe they redecorated the kori bustard exhibit since I was there, but it still had a Japanese lantern in it from when it housed red-crowned cranes.
 
I hope they still have the secretarys, they have been gotten quite rare. Both San Diego parks removed them so is it just San antonio now?
 
I was at San Antonio earlier this week and didn’t see them there. There was a construction sign exactly where I believe they should’ve been located.

Still waiting on the train. Hope this wasn’t a waste of time because the storm’s coming in fast and I still haven’t hit MOLA.

Edit: I think Abilene is also supposed to have them?
 
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