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  1. JamesB

    JamesB Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Does anyone keep a log of the animals they've seen at zoos?

    i just keep a record of the mammals ive seen and which zoo they were at.

    you never know, might come in handy in the future!
     
    JamesB, 21 Jun 2008
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  2. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I only do it for wild animals. Doing it for zoos would be too monumental I think and would rather take the fun out of it if you're just wandering around jotting down names for the whole visit.
     
    Chlidonias, 21 Jun 2008
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  3. Writhedhornbill

    Writhedhornbill Well-Known Member

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    I've got species photo lists and Video clips lists from my visits to Chester, Antwerp, Nausicaa sea life centre and Blackbrook. I have also arranged my photos so that I have an album for each species.
     
    Writhedhornbill, 22 Jun 2008
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  4. JamesB

    JamesB Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    i find ring-tailed lemurs and meerkats are the longest lists on my log!
     
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  5. bongorob

    bongorob Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I list all the species I photograph but I don't have a list for all the animals I have seen. I've started one for mammals but it doesn't cover everything I ever saw, only what I can remember. I'm not going to attempt any other classes.
     
    bongorob, 22 Jun 2008
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  6. Writhedhornbill

    Writhedhornbill Well-Known Member

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    Today I've added many new species to my list, most notably Chinese merganser (mergus Squatmus)
     
    Writhedhornbill, 22 Jun 2008
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    bongorob Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Where did you see a Chinese Merganser?
     
    bongorob, 22 Jun 2008
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  8. Writhedhornbill

    Writhedhornbill Well-Known Member

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    I've posted it on a thread in the UK/Ireland zoo section.
     
    Writhedhornbill, 22 Jun 2008
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  9. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    who would have thought they'd see a Chinese merganser in the UK!? Are there many over there? (PS the name is Mergus squamatus)
     
    Chlidonias, 22 Jun 2008
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  10. NZ Jeremy

    NZ Jeremy Well-Known Member

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    I don't personally but I have seen a guy getting his two young children to before...
     
    NZ Jeremy, 23 Jun 2008
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  11. bongorob

    bongorob Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Hopefully Blackbrook can establish the species in the UK.
     
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  12. Writhedhornbill

    Writhedhornbill Well-Known Member

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    So do I!

    Sadly the beautiful males were in eclipse plumage!
     
    Writhedhornbill, 23 Jun 2008
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  13. bloodycurtus

    bloodycurtus Well-Known Member

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    i would say they havge been kept at blackbrook or hillside for the last 3-4 years no breeding as of yet.
     
    bloodycurtus, 30 Jun 2008
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  14. JamesB

    JamesB Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    just finally finsished typing up my zoo database and i found out i have seen...

    over 100 ring-tailed lemurs!
    over 20 siamang gibbons
    baby sloths, mongoose, wild cat, ocelot, black panther, somali wild ass, hyrax, takin and pygmy hippo!
     
    JamesB, 30 Jun 2008
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  15. gentle lemur

    gentle lemur Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    According to their website, Pensthorpe bred Chinese mergansers last year.

    Alan
     
    gentle lemur, 30 Jun 2008
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  16. JamesB

    JamesB Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    dont ignore me i created this thread, sighs at some of the rude people on this forum :(
     
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  17. gentle lemur

    gentle lemur Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Sorry, no offence intended. It's just that my species list is a mental one (slightly fuzzy through age in some cases :confused:) - but I have never seen a Chinese merganser, so Blackbrook or Pensthorpe (or both) are on my 'to do' list - which is another mental one.

    Alan
     
    gentle lemur, 1 Jul 2008
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  18. JamesB

    JamesB Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    if you say lol!
     
    JamesB, 2 Jul 2008
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    I generally just do this for the more rare animals. Like I have only seen one Gharial (Toronto Zoo), three African Wild Dogs (North Carolina Zoo).
     
    Meaghan Edwards, 3 Jul 2008
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  20. Jurek7

    Jurek7 Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I have one for zoo mammals and birds.

    However, I miss a lot of subspecies which don't differ at a glance, miss some similar smaller stuff (like zillion of rodent and parrot forms), and don't want twitching to interfere with pleasure of watching animals (like waiting at the enclosure hoping to see sleeping animal).

    If only my wild bird & mammal lists were so long...
     
    Jurek7, 4 Jul 2008
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