I indeed saw a stork-shaped silhouette behind the scenes when I visited the zoo, and was then able to confirm it as a Storm’s. But as I mentioned, that was two years ago and I haven’t heard anything of it since.
Disappointing they haven't bred better... colorful and small size makes them more amenable to mixed species exhibits. Personally they were my favorite species of stork I saw between the SDZ and the safari park, out of 6 species! (Which now recalling I'm surprised the safari park doesn't have Marabou...)
Do they actually have the pheasant? I've never seen any reference to it until now. Also I thought Popcorn Park had Ruppell's Fox? ~Thylo
I saw a pair when I visited. As for Popcorn,I don't know. Their fox looks more like Arabian red than Ruppell's : Cleopatra the Fox - Cleopatra the Fox.
Actually I think this is a Ruppell's. Compare these photos of definite Ruppell's vs the Kuwait subspecies of Red: Ruppell's Red ~Thylo
The only photos I can see on Google for Cleopatra are the ones on the link by @drill - and the third photo definitely looks like it has black ears (on the back of the ears). It might be shadow. But Red Fox has black ears, Rueppell's Fox has pale ears: it's a very easy way to tell them apart if the back of the ear can be seen properly.
note if you go to Ft Worth looking for Storm storks, take binoculars. They have a very deep cage and like to hang out in the back
SDZ Safari Park is probably* the best place to see Storm's Stork, they're in the Wings of the World walkthrough aviary. Had fantastic views and photo opportunities. (* I say probably because I'm not familiar with the exhibit at Bronx)
Very easy to see them at Bronx, it's a fairly small exhibit. I shoot film with a basic lens, so this bird was rather close.
Bronx's bird switches enclosures often it seems, I suspect due to him being fairly old and I don't think he can fly anymore, but I've never had much trouble spotting him wherever he ends up. ~Thylo
I’ve only seen Cape Buffalo being kept at the San Diego zoo Safari Park. Does anyone else know of other zoos in the US that keep this species?
I'm about to take a road trip from NY to Nova Scotia to do some whale watching in Maine and Canada but also making several zoo stops along the way. As always I'll be looking for new mammal species and so far hoping to see the following: New England Cottontail (Roger Williams Park Zoo) Pale Fox (Animal Adventure) Northern Flying Squirrel (Maine Wildlife Park) Snowshoe Hare (Shubenacadie Provincial Wildlife Park) plus some rarely seen species like: Spotted Seal (Mystic Aquarium) Potto (Franklin Park Zoo) Does anyone know of any other super rare/unique mammals in collections between New York and Canada. Mostly small mammal species like bats, rodents, shrews/moles. Any muskrats anywhere (I'll try to find some in the wild as well) @drill @ThylacineAlive @birdsandbats @snowleopard
