Animal Person

MARCH 27, 2009

Henican writes: The truth of the matter, of course, is that most city kids will never have the chance to visit the wilds of Africa and Asia, assuming there are any wilds left in the decades to come. The only way most of us will ever see an elephant (or a tiger or a hippo) is on the National Geographic Channel, at a circus or in a zoo.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2022

It seems that quite a few zoos keep Tawny Frogmouths. When these birds breed, this can lead to highly cringeworthy announcements, for example from Adelaide Zoo : “We have egg-citing news!” ” Of course, as a certified cat person, I was delighted to see a Green Catbird near Brisbane. ” ( source ).

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MARCH 30, 2023

What most people do not know is that this common occurrence was actually the inspiration for a Johnny Cash song, “ Boy named Sue “ Of course, as this song was written for humans rather than for birds, the situation was adapted accordingly. But the gist of the story remains the same.

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JULY 20, 2018

In 1987, only 27 were left in the wild and drastic action was taken to save the species: all remaining birds were captured, the California Condor was declared extinct in the wild, and a captive breeding program was begun, initially carried out by the San Diego Wild Animal Park and the Los Angeles Zoo.

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California Condor Oregon California Zoos 107

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Photo copyright The Smithsonian’s National Zoo, taken from the Guam Rail page. . It persists in captivity at a breeding facility on Guam and in a number of American zoos. Notwithstanding any successes we may have breeding Guam Rails in captivity we are unlikely to be successful in addressing the reason for its decline.

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JUNE 26, 2018

Pink Pigeons were featured on episode four of the second season of The Zoo , the excellent television series about The Bronx Zoo,* and their story was disturbing. Meanwhile, on The Zoo, the keepers have been creating an environment for Thelma and Louise so they can nurture the hoped-for egg from The Stud and Serendipity.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Several European zoos had this species in their collections at the time, but they either made no effort to breed it or it did not breed well in captivity. It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now. … Extinction is forever.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

O course, this particular photo would also be good to illustrate why the name of the species might be Half-hidden-behind-an-annoying-branch Sunbird. Taking photos of such a rare species is a bit of a double-edged sword. alluding to the striking plumage of the Eurasian Jay.”

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JULY 24, 2014

Then of course, we have amazing birds such as Wallcreeper , Hoopoe , and Black Woodpecker. Greater Rheas, a species the Germans call Nandu, are very popular in Germany and frequently kept in zoos as well as private enclosures. We have, for instance, very beautiful birds, like European Bee-eater , Blue Tit , and Kingfisher.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

We have photographs and newspaper obituaries of Martha, the last living Passenger Pigeon, who died after a lifetime in captivity, mostly in the Cincinnati Zoo. Or the destruction of the forests, food source and breeding grounds. We have a lot of source material. It wasn’t just the mass killings in so many ways. What a horror!

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MAY 5, 2014

And, of course, the wood-warblers. Despite the amount of time spent birding I did not neglect my family at all, enjoying an outing to the Bronx Zoo on Saturday afternoon and a hike at Doodletown Road in Bear Mountain State Park on Sunday. And was it ever!

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MARCH 12, 2011

While it’s no longer possible to see this regal macaw soar gracefully through the Brazilian skies, to be able to worship them—even from afar at one of the conservatories or zoos—would be a dream, at last, come true. Not to mention, its brilliantly bulbous crimson throat, bloated during breeding season must be a sight!

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JANUARY 1, 2019

For some reason, even though there are Mandarin Ducks in zoos throughout New York City, this escapee has become an internationally known tourist attraction, even heading the New York Times list of “Five Times the Internet Was Actually Fun in 2018.”

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OCTOBER 17, 2022

In terms of breeding behavior, starlings are a diversified group – some use helpers, others do not. This also means there is a lot of pressure to breed – a mathematical model suggests that each pair of Laughing Doves must produce 8.0 No doubt the woodpecker has similar considerations. young in 1.5 Poor creatures.

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South Africa Africa Birds Cape Verde 204

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JULY 4, 2022

Strangely, the photo accompanying the Wikipedia entry on Collared Finchbills , Asian birds, was taken at Cincinnati zoo. I wonder what Americans would think if, in a Wikipedia entry, a Bald Eagle would be illustrated using a photo taken at an Albanian zoo. There was a breeding pair at Binjiang Forest Park this June.

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