Looking forward to 2014

[Javan Rhino]

Well I'm pretty much sorted with what's happening holiday-wise this year, the big trip won't be this year, hopefully next year but I want to make sure we get it right.

Flights are booked for a week in Berlin from 1st - 9th April. Hopefully we will do Zoohistorica this year, but nothing set in stone so depends if we have the money/time.

 

[BeardsleyZooFan]

For 2014, I'm hoping to continue my frequent Beardsley visits, as well as visit some other zoos; Bronx, Staten Island, Franklin Park/Stone, Smithsonian's National and others possibly being among them.
I'm also hoping to visit Florida this year, as I have in years before; in 2013 I unfortunately wasn't able to go.
In terms of wildlife-viewing, Florida will hopefully have some good viewing; as for now, I haven't had much of a chance to really go looking for wildlife, but I'm hoping to get in on the irruption of Snowy Owls in the Northeast.

 

[ThylacineAlive]

Well I'm looking forward to getting my driver's license and finally being able to get more zoos done on my time. In terms of trips I'm thinking about a trip to the Philadelphia Zoo over the summer and hope to see species like Red-Shanked Douc, Feathertail Gilder, Secretary Bird, and Mhorr Gazelle, among others, there. For other species I'm hoping to finally get Amur Leopard under my belt. I also hope to at least double my number of zoo visits in 2014.

~Thylo

I'm just curious to hear how people did this year with their goals?

Unfortunately I still don't have my license or permit but the later of which should be taken care of very soon.

In better news, I did do Philadelphia and I did see Red-Shanked Douc, Feathertail Glider, Secretary Bird, and many others though not the Mhorr Gazelles It's okay, though as I'm thinking of doing the place again over the summer. I also finally did see Amur Leopard for the first time!

As for zoos, I had only 9 visits this year with a 10th coming up next weekend. Of those visits, 5 were revisits as will the upcoming visit and 4 were to completely new collections.

~Thylo

 

[Hix]

I'm planning a return trip to Uganda to see Shoebills. This will probably include a visit to the Ugandan Wildlife Education Centre, and the Ugandan Reptiles Village.

If I'm travelling alone I'll then continue on to Tanzania.



Hix

My trip went according to plan - Uganda first, saw the Shoebills, then flew to Tanzania, and after climbing Kilimanjaro I went on a three week birding-and-mammal safari starting at Lake Victoria and heading over to the coast. In Uganda I visited the Ugandan Wildlife Education Centre (formerly Entebbe Zoo) and two Snake Parks in Tanzania. These were the only zoos I visited this year.



Hix

 

[Maguari]

My plans mostly came off - the only one that didn't happen was Leipzig/Magdeburg/Erfurt - this is now my next trip and scheduled for March 2015.