After taking a two-week Zoo Trip from Tampa back up home again in July, we finally made it back to the MD Zoo today. Most of Main Valley is closed again with lots of signs of construction, but nothing actually, visibly, occurring yet. The path veers you to the opposite side of the Crane Barn, behind the Mansion House. All birds are still on exhibit and, as mentioned above, there is mesh overtop the Lappet-faced vulture yard however, it looked like there were far more climbing structures etc. in the yard than the vultures would ever use. It led me to wonder if this was in preparation of red pandas potentially arriving before construction on their space is complete. Pure speculation on my part, vultures will still in the yard.
I was also very disappointed to see one of the oldest trees on property gone, behind the mansion house. It sure looks like it was in the way of construction, but perhaps it took on damage from a storm? Very disappointing either way. Speaking of disappointing, the North American aviary was finally re-opened, with only one way in and out, noticeably less birds, and no more lily pads!
However, highlights included catching the Possum keeper chat upstairs in the old barn-owl space, watching a summer camp partake in Sofiya the leopard's training, and watching Tuffy and Sampson enjoying their pool!
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