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Elena said:
The Mountain bongo/yellow-backed duiker exhibit is still partially visible through trees from a corner area near the orangutans. They closed off that shaded map area so that no one would be anywhere near the construction site and presumably to allow more space for any construction vehicles. I think the cape vulture exhibit will only take up the area by the old ibex exhibit.
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Yeah, that would make sense. All that space does seem large for only Cape vultures (Gyps coprotheres)....
 
I don't know if there is still is a species coordinator for the duikers, but in the past decade the program manager was based at the Potawatomi Zoo. This is probably one of the main reasons that a black duiker was sent to South Bend.
 
wild boar said:
I don't know if there is still is a species coordinator for the duikers, but in the past decade the program manager was based at the Potawatomi Zoo. This is probably one of the main reasons that a black duiker was sent to South Bend.
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That connects a few more dots -- the old SSP coordinator must have been Potawatomi's director then. The animal is owned by Potawatomi, but is held at Micanopy. Micanopy has specially designed facilities for housing and breeding duiker and other small, fractious, monogamous antelope species -- I wonder if they are consolidating the remaining breeding age animals there in a last ditch effort to save the population.
 
A second Desert Bighorn Sheep was born yesterday per the keeper I saw in their exhibit today. Both babies can be seen on exhibit with their mothers, father and 2 other adult females.
 
Maya the koala recently had a male Joey with Burra being the dad :) Link is to Instagram with announcement of the birth.

Los Angeles Zoo on Instagram: "KOALA BABY ALERT! Say hello to the newest koala joey at the Zoo. The unnamed male koala joey was born to first-time parents three-year-old Maya and nine-year-old Burra and has spent the last several months developing and growing inside Maya’s pouch. He is now out of the pouch and starting to explore the world around him, rest on his mother’s lap or back, and nibble on eucalyptus leaves. Often referred to as a “koala bear,” koalas are not bears but are marsupials like kangaroos, opossums, and wombats. Wild Koala Day is celebrated annually on May 3 to raise awareness about the threats koalas face in their wild habitat in Australia. Koalas are listed as vulnerable due to habitat destruction, bushfires, disease, and drought. Maya and Burra’s successful pairing is the result of a Species Survival Plan (SSP) program recommendation that works to ensure the sustainability of a healthy, genetically diverse, and demographically varied population. #WildKoalaDay #Koala #ZooBabies : Animal Keeper Heather Tripp"
 
I noticed the area the Cape vulture aviary takes up a lot of space. I wonder what this will mean for other renovations for the African species.
 
tigris115 said:
I noticed the area the Cape vulture aviary takes up a lot of space. I wonder what this will mean for other renovations for the African species.
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It’s most likely due to it being a construction site and perhaps wouldn’t be the best to have animals in nearby exhibits, hence why the map reflects a portion dedicated to the Cape vulture exhibit space.
 
I do really hope this is the start of more renovations as I feel many of the enclosures are still just bland 70's grottos with disintrested animals.
 
2 more Desert Bighorn Sheep were born on Thursday night per the keeper I asked today for a total of 4 babies, so each adult female had a baby this year. 2 boys and 2 girls per what I was told.

I asked the same keeper about the Ruppell's sand foxes on exhibit since late last year in the former Cape Rock Hyrax exhibit. Their names are Trixie and Sandy and they were confiscations.

The bridge in front of the langur house has reopened.
 
According to recent Facebook posts, the first California condor chick to hatch, LA123, is a male. He hatched around April 28 with some assistance from staff.
 
It looks like last month's Animal Transactions update was posted. I happened upon this while looking for someway to access the documents from last year and years before that. Would anyone know where I could find access to those?

https://lazoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Animal-Transaction-Commission-Report-May-2023.pdf

"LOANS

Loan to Glady’s Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas of 1.0 Gray’s monitor. This transaction is a recommended breeding loan.
Loan from Dallas Zoo in Texas of 0.1 Perentie. This transaction will create a new and unrelated pairing of Perentie monitors.

SALES

Sale to San Diego Zoo in California of 1.0 Southern three-banded armadillo. This transaction will eliminate an unnecessary loan.

Births (4/1/23-4/30/23)

1.1 Bighorn sheep
1.2.1 California condor
0.0.1 Congo peacock
0.0.2 Steller’s Sea-eagle

Deaths (4/1/23-4/30/23)

1.0.0 Axolotl
0.0.1 Congo peacock
0.0.1 Desert horned sand viper
1.0 European long-nosed viper
1.0 Knobtail gecko
1.0 Lesser kudu
0.0.2 Steller’s Sea-eagle"

Great Argus said:
Darn. I do know there's been questions posed whether facilities like LA and SDZ are too far south for successful breeding.
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It looks like two chicks hatched but passed away shortly afterward. I guess the same could be said about the Congo peafowl chick.


EDIT: I wouldn't normally post these. I only did because they hadn't been posted yet and I just found them.
 
A Coquerel's sifaka was born a week ago and is already on exhibit. The keeper I saw in the exhibit said they haven't confirmed whether the baby is male or female.

A zoo educator mentioned that James the Masai giraffe moved to the Oregon Zoo during the week. That would mean the 1 year old must be the one moving to the Columbus Zoo as noted in the Zoo Commission minutes from the 4/18/23 meeting.
 
Julio C Castro said:
Announced today on Twitter in honor of Endangered Species Day, the zoo has finally displayed Mountain Yellow Legged Frogs at the LAIR
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I stumbled upon the frogs during my Friday visit, same day they announced it! Was very cool to see:

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Elena said:
The kookaburra exhibit in front of the Australia House has been changed to a brush-tailed bettong exhibit. The animal sign is up, however, there was a sign that it was off exhibit.
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This was a temporary arrangement apparently, it's back to a kookaburra exhibit again.

Other notes from my visit:
- Saw the baby sifaka clinging to its mother's belly;
- Failed to see the Ruppell's foxes; their enclosure has a bunch of hiding places so I guess some luck and time is required (I had neither);
- Also failed to find the green magpie, for the second time now;
- Didn't see the White-tailed Jay in RotA, like I did unsigned last year;
- The zoo has Spotted Chuckwalla on exhibit again;
- The Australian Nocturnal House (which is open) now only has wombat signed (and all I saw was a wombat). No bettong or gliders anymore I guess.
 
Coelacanth18 said:
Other notes from my visit:
- Also failed to find the green magpie, for the second time now;
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A docent told me yesterday that they had to remove Jolie the Indochinese green magpie from the aviary recently as she's been hitting visitors, apparently it's some type of breeding behavior. She's hit me on at least 2 occasions, once when she flew into the back of my head shortly after they reopened the Aviary after the long 1st COVID-19 closure and once more recently. I hope she'll be back on exhibit in the near future. Given the recent posts from the zoo, National Geographic and Joel Sartore about her, I'm sure lots of people will want to see her.
 
Elena said:
A docent told me yesterday that they had to remove Jolie the Indochinese green magpie from the aviary recently as she's been hitting visitors, apparently it's some type of breeding behavior. She's hit me on at least 2 occasions, once when she flew into the back of my head shortly after they reopened the Aviary after the long 1st COVID-19 closure and once more recently. I hope she'll be back on exhibit in the near future. Given the recent posts from the zoo, National Geographic and Joel Sartore about her, I'm sure lots of people will want to see her.
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That’s really unfortunate, she’s such a beautiful bird :( I was lucky to get a few shots of her early last month, she tried to hit me once but then seemed to have stopped halfway. I also saw his posting about her and loved that she is part of his Photo Ark!
 
Other 2023 News:

On March 11th, it was announced that a (1.0) Geoffery's marmoset named Kai was transferred to the Mesker Park Zoo in Indiana.

Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden

On April 12th, it was reported that a (1.0) siamang named Remy was transferred to the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Washington.

Point Defiance Zoo welcomes new siamang Remy

On April 20th, it was announced that the zoo transferred a (0.1) ocelot to the San Francisco Zoo in California.

https://sfrecpark.org/DocumentCenter/View/20099/JtZooAg42023

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On May 24th, the zoo announced that (2.2) desert bighorn sheep were born.

Los Angeles Zoo

There is also apparently a (0.1) common chimpanzee named Zuri that was transferred to the Tulsa Zoo in Oklahoma recently, but I could not find a source for it.
 
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