Well I know they still have the maleos; but it may also be breeding season. Were there are other news species in World of Birds?
They're newish since the aviary was renovated and the signage updated; Patagioenas albilinea albilinea. See any seedeaters? ~Thylo
I don't know. Did I miss anything from JungleWorld. It was closed when I visited. What is the Monkey house?
Jungleworld highlights: - Gharial - Painted Batugur - Javan langur - Silvery Lutung - Northern-white cheeked gibbon - Slow Loris - Mouse deer - Malayan Tapir - Indian & Rodrigues flying fox - Tree kangaroo - Asian small clawed otter - Plus a variety of smaller birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and inverts. I could probably throw together a full list if you want. The Monkey House has been closed for years. The only exhibit still open is a group of capuchin monekys held in an outdoor cage on the east side.
Oh. Please do. By the way, I found a place in southern NC with Agile wallabies. Emberwood Farm in Ash.
Looking through my sighting database, in 2017/2018. This is not a complete, list especially of herps and invertebrates. The bird collection changes pretty rapidly in this exhibit. Also its impossible to see all species in the main room on any one visit. Mammals: Greater-mouse deer Indian flying fox Rodrigues flying fox Malayan Tapir Amur Leopard (have not seen in person) Northern-white cheeked gibbon Javan Lutung Silvery Lutung Asian small clawed otter Matschie's Tree Kangaroo Pygmy-Slow Loris Birds: Sulawesi Hornbill Javan Pond Heron Painted Stork Pied Imperial Pigeon Victoria-crowned pigeon Mandarin Duck Knob-billed duck Radjah Shelduck Metallic Starling Bali Myna Rainbow lorikeet Bleeding heart pigeon Philippine Duck Sri-lanken junglefowl Whistling duck (Dendrocygna ???) Red-breasted merganser Reptiles: Gharial Yellow-headed temple turtle Malaysian Giant Turtle Black-breasted leaf turtle Weber's sailfin lizard Mangrove Snake Pig-nosed turtle Roti-island snake necked turtle Blood Python Box turtle (unknown species?) Amphibians: Borneo eared frog Multiple other amphibians, yet I do not pay attention much to them Fish: Tinfoil barb Giant Gourami Asian Arowana Invertebrates: I don't really record these species.
Additionally there are Prevost's Squirrels, Northern Tree-Shrew, Black-Naped Oriole, Chinese Box Turtle, Forsten's Tortoise, Timor Python, Asian Tree Toad, and Iridescent Shark. ~Thylo
It's been a while but it's definitely still there. It's just hard to spot a squirrel in that massive room! ~Thylo
I definitely agree. Its probably been 2 years for me. Their is this one unidentified bird in the main room. Below I posted a picture. Do you know what it is? Also what species of waterfowl is this alongside the whistling duck?
Thanks for confirming my suspicion on the 2nd. The 1st species was completely lost on me. Jungleworld is not the best at labelling it ever changing bird collection. So these 2 species can be added to my above list.
A question I developed while reading a response from @nczoofan on an unrelated thread (I'm posting here so as not to derail that one): is Bronx only open from 10am-5pm for financial reasons relating to their budget problems, or have the hours always been that short?
As long as I can remember the Bronx Zoo has always opened at 10am. Maybe more than a decade ago it might of had longer hours, yet I don't remember a time with longer hours.
Yep found an article from 1989 stating 10-5 as the hours. So its not in anyways a new thing. Bronx Zoo Hours
This is due to the budget cuts as orchestrated by the New York City Council. This also led to the closure of the Rare Animal Range, the Arabian oryx and blesbok enclosures, and the World of Darkness. (All the more reason IMO for WCS to cut ties with the city in terms of taxpayer dollars and raise their own money much like Tulsa, as highlighted in the most recent article I could find: How To Save America's Zoos: Privatize Them)
The zoo threatened it but never did it. The rare animal range did close as did the other exhibits, but the hours were never touched. The zoo has no reason to cut ties with the city. The majority of its budget is either donated from private individuals and admissions. The city is a small part of their budget, but should not be ignored. The city also helps out extensively with new exhibits like ocean wonders: sharks. The city owns the 3 city zoos at minimum and WCS manages them. The zoo would have to give this up if it cut ties. Also its important the zoo and city work together as infrastructure improvements, building permitting and zoning all require city help. I don't disagree with privatizing zoos, yet the Bronx Zoo already is private and has been since its founding. The city never founded the zoo, it was the New York Zoological Society which is now known as the WCS. Its a non-profit and is not part of the city. Most privatized zoos still have funding agreements with the locality they are in and thats the case for the Bronx Zoo. The issue for the WCS is that the zoos and global programs operate on largely separate budgets. Much of the NYC funding and admissions/gift shops/food are for the zoos, while the federal government and private individuals cover most of the global programs. City funding for 2017 was 16%, yet in 2012 it was 10%. The reason is that the increased city funding is for an improvement (shark exhibit) on NYC land (NY Aquarium). I imagine come 2018 city funding will fall again, as it is only increased because of capital improvements. The budget can be found in here: https://c532f75abb9c1c021b8c-e46e47...onservation_Impact_Report_Digital_Version.pdf
