10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2016
Intriguingly, Common Moorhens are also rather common in Germany’s large ornamental city parks and zoos. I am not referring to the one incident when two Carrion Crows at Basel Zoo suddenly descended on a grazing Common Moorhen and ripped it apart for no apparent other reason than joyful play. Beware of Crocodiles.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2024
It is a bit worrying that while the Basel Zoo is listed by Google as having a page on the Red-tailed Laughingthrush , that page itself does not seem to exist anymore, and the species is not listed among the inhabitants of the aviary of the zoo. His obituary was published in Nature. The male is, indeed, rather a handsome Thrush.”
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Critter News
DECEMBER 15, 2009
But, of course, this is really all because of some extremists who want to close down all zoos. think it’s an extreme animal rights organization that wants to close all zoos,” Steve Feldman {AZA spokesman} said. The latter comment is in reference to Zoocheck Canada , a zoo watchdog demanding the independent investigation.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2022
Not very interestingly, the species name “squamatum” refers to the scaly appearance of the bird rather than the blue wings. A bit confusing as the Latin name of the Scaly Laughingthrush (see below) is “subunicolor” and thus does not refer to its scales but rather to its uniform color.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 20, 2022
While the Black-throated Laughingthrush is native to Southeast Asia, it is also kept at the Toronto Zoo and has its own web page there. However, as the zoo is (at the time of writing this post) closed due to covid, you still have to leave Canada and come to Southeast Asia to see it. Which (due to covid) you probably cannot.
10,000 Birds
JULY 7, 2022
The species was bred at the zoo of Memphis, Tennesee ( source ). As long as you do not have British friends (or people who have watched “Austin Powers”), you can also refer to it as Little Shag without embarrassment. I guess the females feel that the blue of the bower treasures works well with their eyes.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2018
I was fortunate enough to be following in Mike and Corey’s shoes, and between referring back to their posts here, and an e-mail from Corey, at least had formed a plan of sorts. Yikes, plan “B” was quickly formed and we made the short walk to the Zoo, Gardens and Conservation center of the same name.
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