Saint Louis Zoo Saint Louis Zoo News 2022

cloudedleopard611 said:
Notes from today's visit
-I found no signs of the gadwall I saw on my last visit. Most likely he was a naturally occurring individual and happened to be stopping by that day.
-In the Insectarium you can see several tanks of African giant millipedes in the research area viewing window labelled "Henry Doorly". I assume it means they have something to do with the Omaha Zoo but what exactly I do not know.
-There is maintenance going on in Elephant Springs.
-There were a handful of closed attractions, some likely avian flu related. Closed attractions included the Canopy Trails boardwalk, the Bird House (but not the Bird Garden trail), the small walkthrough aviary on the Bird Garden Trail (I have not seen it open in a long time), and the Cypress Swamp walkthrough aviary.
-The last two exhibits on the Bird Garden trail had no species signed and were seemingly unoccupied, yet had no signage saying that the exhibits were unoccupied, which the zoo usually does.
-Polar Bear Point maintenance is finished.
-The bateleur eagle exhibit no longer has signage for the species and did not seem to be occupied.
-I spent most of my visit auditing for a species list that I hope to have ready and posted by the end of the month.
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Sorry, I meant Elephant Oasis, not Elephant Springs
 
Smaggledagle said:
On November 11th, it was announced the zoo acquired a (1.0) Chinese goral from the Los Angeles Zoo in California.
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Neil chace said:
Note the same pdf also mentions Los Angeles receiving a male goral from Saint Louis. So both zoos are swapping males, hopefully with the intent of producing offspring at both institutions (as goral are an incredible, unique animal in which demand exceeds supply).
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Is the name of the male that has been sent to St. Louis known? It might be JJ, but I think that he is the goral that was sent to Los Angeles.


Also, information on gorals born at the zoo in the past 15 years would be very much appreciated. I know of two, JJ and Tina. With Tina, specifically, who was born in May 2020, I am looking for the names of her parents.
 
Observations from today's visit:

-The Bird House and Cypress Swamp remain closed.

-Elephant Oasis maintenance is ongoing. It looks like its a pretty big project and will be going on for some time.

-A Mexican alligator lizard has replaced the Rowley's palm pit viper in the Herpetarium. It is signed, but only with a piece of paper that has the zoo logo, the common name, and scientific name. It is not done in the typical signage style and looks makeshift.

-The Central American and Jamaican boas are no longer on exhibit in the Herpetarium

-There is an unsigned red-billed blue magpie in the helmeted curassow exhibit on the Bird Garden Trail
 
I visited today and I have some notes. I am happy to say that after a few visits mostly full of disappointing news, changes I noticed today are overwhelmingly positive.
-The Bird House, Cypress Swamp and even the small walk-in aviary on the Bird Garden Trail have been reopened.
-There is now a red-and-yellow barbet in the Bird House, mixed with Kenyan crested guineafowl and Bali myna
-There are several new/returning species in the Herpetarium occupying exhibits that were empty as of last visit. One of the terrariums on the bottom floor now holds a Madagascar ground boa. On the top floor there is a central American bushmaster, Nikolsky's adder, and Mount Bulgar viper. The first two species mentioned have the typical zoo signage, and the last two are signed with a piece of paper with the common name, scientific name, and St. Louis Zoo logo,
 
Some unfortunate updates:
-Herpitarium was closed today. It looks like they were doing some maintenance on the building
-The Bird House, Cypress Swamp and the small walk-in aviary in the Bird Garden Trail have all been closed again. All other birds were out in their enclosures, however it still seems like this is due to avian flu.
 
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