Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden What's Gnu at the Cincinnati Zoo - 2014

Moebelle

Moebelle

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I feel bad starting this thread since it was originally Kudu21 who came up with the title two years ago...

Setting that aside, here's to another great year for the zoo. 2013 was one of it's most progressive years, with the AZA specifically choosing the zoo to be surrogate (and choose gorilla surrogates) to the abandoned baby Gladys. The zoo received a female Black Rhino in hopes to breed them once again. About 16 babies were successfully born. They officially opened it's largest attraction in the zoo's history, Africa. And most importantly, Harapan has returned back to his birthplace.

The first news I have for this year is that a juvenile Jambu Fruit Dove has been placed in the empty Wings of the World exhibit where the Guam Kingfisher was for a short time.

 
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Jambu fruit doves persist in US / AZA collections? :confused:
(they have sadly became "extinct" in European zoos ... something with non population management ...)
 
I am also aware of several people keeping and breeding Jambu's privately in the EU too.

Also yes, they do persist in the states. I know San Diego has some as well.
 
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I am also aware of several people keeping and breeding Jambu's privately in the EU too.

Also yes, they do persist in the states. I know San Diego has some as well.
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In the US both Toledo and Columbus have them as well

Team Tapir223
 
Dallas World Aquarium had Jambu fruit dove last April when I was there, kept with Bali mynah and Luzon bleeding-heart dove.
 
The Roger Williams Park Zoo has/had Jambu Fruit Dove, kept with Bali Mynah and Silver-Eared Mesia.

@Moebelle, I believe really the main reason Cincy got Gladys is because her mother was born at the zoo. If she was only on breeding loan then the zoo probably had the right to Gladys since she was abandoned by the mother.

~Thylo:cool:
 
Moebelle said:
The first news I have for this year is that a juvenile Jambu Fruit Dove has been placed in the empty Wings of the World exhibit where the Guam Kingfisher was for a short time.
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I made an identification mistake. The new bird in Wings of the World is not a juvenile Jambu Fruit Dove but it is in fact a White-throated Ground Dove moved from the Australasia atrium exhibit.
 
A Little Penguin was born on December 1st. That was the zoo's third 2013 little penguin birth.
 
There are baby Grey Bird Grasshoppers in World of the Insect.

Can someone please help me identify these birds? My guess is that they are juvenile Smews. The rest of the species in that exhibit (Arctic Islands in Wings of the World) are Crested Auklets, Little Auklets, Whiskered Auklets, Harlequin Ducks, and Spectacled Eiders.

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They are very plainly guillemots - an entirely different order of birds.

The following photo should show you what a juvenile Smew looks like:

smewjuv.jpg
 
Moebelle said:
Thank you, I forgot that some of them were moved from the Arctic Sea Cliffs exhibit to this one.
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If I remember correctly, Pigeon Guillemots were in there on my visit:p Also, you were the one that told me they were Pigeon Guillemots;)

~Thylo:cool:
 
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