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    Three scarlet ibis chicks hatched within the last week. Source is the zoos facebook.
     
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    I've uploaded some photos to the gallery from my visit today.
     
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    Now that the bird house and surrounding plateau are closed the bird house page on the website is officially gone and has been replaced with a page about Experience Migration.

    Experience Migration

    It also says it wont open until 2021. The old page said 2020 so that's a bit disappointing.

    Edit: This has nothing to do with Experience Migration, but apparently the zoo has three lesser kudus now and only one Abyssinian ground hornbill.
     
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    The zoo has acquired a male Andean bear, Bouba, from the Queens Zoo to mate with Billie Jean. During his time at the Queens Zoo, he sired a cub with Billie Jean's adult offspring, Nicole.
     
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    From what I've read they are doing a substantial remodeling of the bird house interior, but not a wholesale redevelopment of it. Is that accurate? It seems weird that would take them 4 years to do.
     
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    I suspect it may have something to do with them being federally funded. Federally funded projects often take a long time to get done
     
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    https://www.ncpc.gov/DocumentDepot/..._Renovation_Recommendation_7673_April2017.pdf

    They're completely renovating the inside, major landscaping changes (including changing the front entrance I believe) and stuff like that. Also the building hasn't had a major renovation since the 1960's. I'm sure there's a lot of stuff that most people will never see that needs some fixing.
     
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    My review for the zoo is up!
     
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