I just uploaded 43 new photos of this free attraction (that is situated on the outskirts of St. Louis, Missouri,) into the gallery.
According to their site Bald eagle Wedge-tailed eagle Tawny eagle Long-crested eagle White-tailed sea eagle Golden eagle Bateleur Aplomado falcon American kestrel Peregrine falcon Rough-legged hawk Red-shouldered hawk Red-tailed hawk Harris's hawk European barn owl Eurasian eagle owl Tawny owl Eastern screech owl Snowy owl Barn owl Great horned owl Barred owl Northern saw-whet owl Spectacled owl Mottled owl Thick-billed parrot Yellow-headed amazon African grey parrot Military macaw Scarlet macaw Andean condor Hooded vulture Turkey vulture Green tree python Ball python Madagascar hissing cockroach Straw-colored fruit bat Osprey American white pelican Sandhill crane Laughing kookaburra and White-necked raven
they have Red-Headed (Pondicherry) Vulture now to Brahma that was at Palm Beach Zoo. was transferred to World Bird Sanctuary in april
How long do they usually live for? What about the Long-crested eagle? I assume these are the only specimens in the USA?
New unusual import for this sanctuary: It was unknown to me until I saw a post from a FB group I'm in. "BIG NEWS!!! After working with the USFWS and Congress for a few months, we received the permit to import three Egyptian vultures and one female bearded vulture (Bartgeier) from Kazakhstan, all endangered species that will become a part of our breeding programs. The birds have arrived safely in New York via Istanbul where they will be quarantined for 30 days before coming here to WBS. Thank you Assistant Director, Daniel Cone, for all of your hard work to make this happen, and WBS Board Member, Jim Morgan of Subsurface Constructors for helping fund this project! This is the future of WBS Conservation." Here are the photos in the FB post: Security Check Required
It makes me wonder whether how they are going to make a pair with the bearded vulture. NOTE: The descriptive "lammergeier" is no longer in use due to its completely off the board negative connotations everything the bearded vulture is not. The Germano term made its entry into lore and folklore due to the mythical inaccuracy and probable great scapegoat effect that a bearded vulture could hunt sheep kids - which it invariably and absolutely cannot do and the fact it is a specialist bone feeder -.
Given what I described above I think you should let go of the word "cool" unless you think dead and illegally hunted bearded vultures (which does still happen from time to time or the (illegal) poisonings intended and unintended but then targeted at wolves, foxes and other scavengers) is a the hallmark of good wildlife management (which it is not). All in all, we have a world to gain yet in terms of law enforcement and good management of our very own wildlife, natural heritage and protected areas and reserves and do never ever forget that reality when discussing matters to do with conservation.
Not necessarily - the name a creature is called can have a significant impact on its perception and subsequently its future. A good example is painted dog, which was commonly called African wild dog in African countries and abroad. This name had negative connotations and led to misconceptions about them killing livestock - leading farmers to kill and poison them. When work was done by wildlife biologists to dispel these beliefs and encourage the use of the name "painted dog" instead, perceptions in the community changed and led to populations rebounding in countries/areas where this change occurred. You are free to do as you please - but I think that @Kifaru Bwana makes a valid point that is worth considering for future posts. As I also didn't know about the word lammergeier, I will lead by example and make an effort to call it bearded vulture instead
We are on very thin ice if every common name of every species is open to re-interpretation along conservational,politically correct,literal or any other convoluted line of thinking.I`m not convinced ,for instance,that the Spectacled Bear(a perfectly good and accurate description) is in any way safer due to it being re-named as the Andean Bear and engendering local pride in such a way. Some re-namings are eminently sensible ie African Penguin instead of Black-footed or Jackass...but some traditional names are just nice to have without any repercussions.I often stick with older names..Manchurian Crane - much better than Red-crowned Crane for a variety of reasons. Doesn`t some American bird organisation or other want to re-name virtually every North American bird by virtue of a tiresome new age "logic"? Californian Condor....OUT! as its not found these days or,historically,purely in the state of California.Lammergeier is fine by me...Ive been using it for 50 years or more,and will continue to do so- in fact Bearded Vulture is very unfair on pogonophobics so perhaps the "new" name is not as p.c. as some would have it. I would also like to know how many native African languages have their own name for their wild dog, Im not supposing at all that the changing of foreign language names matters a jot to the Masai for instance.
