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Laughing falcon 1973

Herpetotheres cachinnans. Bird of Prey aviaries (now demolished), London ZSL, 27th April 1973.

Laughing falcon 1973
gentle lemur, 26 Sep 2016
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    • gentle lemur
      Herpetotheres cachinnans. Bird of Prey aviaries (now demolished), London ZSL, 27th April 1973. Scanned from a Kodachrome slide.
    • Kakapo
      My favourite falconid. I see that in the past, zoos were much better than now, in species richness!
    • gentle lemur
      Absolutely. In 1973 I think that London Zoo held at least 15 species of birds of prey in this old range of aviaries. But the aviaries were very small and bare, and most held single birds, like this falcon.
      I wouldn't want to turn the clock back to those days. The site of these aviaries now has a small wildlife garden and a large aviary for macaws and cockatoos, with several smaller aviaries for separate pairs of these birds.

      Alan
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