military macaw
Week 33 – In the Headlines again
Wow, what a week. This week we have had local, national and even international exposure with the story that Missy, one of our King Penguins, could well be the oldest penguin in the world today. This all started when I saw a zoo in Denmark claiming to have the worlds...
Week 32 – Educating Rita….& John, Lisa, Matthew ………….
The Summer holidays have kicked in this week and we have been busy, busy, busy. With daily visitor numbers going up it means the keepers are in full swing on the education & entertainment front. When I first started at Birdland nearly 12 years ago we used to do...
Week 30 – In the News
This weeks blog is a catch up of the last two weeks going on in the park. We’ve had quite a bit of media exposure over the fortnight and with the Summer Holidays upon us, that can only be a good thing. The first bit of coverage appeared...
Week 28 – It's a boy………or girl?!
This week we have been catching up some of the birds that we are uncertain as to what gender they are. With many species of bird there are obvious differences between the sexes. You can go on size (male flamingos are taller, female Owls are larger), by colour (think male...
Week 27 – Quick Update
Hi all It's just a quick update this week as we have been all hands to the deck again with hand rearing, school trips and preparing for Summer (yes, Summer!) We have 3 Greater Rhea hatch this week. The chicks are mobile from hatch and are following the parents...
Week 26 – Hand Rearing
As you will have seen from the past couple of blogs, the keepers are currently busy playing Mum & Dad to a variety of different chicks. This weeks blog is all about how we go about raising the chicks. There are many reasons why we may hand rear a...
Week 25 – Hand Rearing Update
We continue on from last weeks blog on hand rearing. All the chicks are doing well, with the Military Macaw chick now tipping the scales at 110 grams (having hatched at 25). As the chick is getting bigger it is getting less feeds per day but larger quantities are given...
Week 24 – Chick Chick, Hooray
It's been a good week this week as several of the eggs that the birds and ourselves were incubating have hatched. This means that the staff are busy hand rearing and bags can be seen under eyes! The first of the eggs to hatch since the last blog was...
Week 23 – Busy busy busy
Apologies that this weeks blog is a couple of days late, it’s been a busy couple of days and I just haven’t found time to sit down and write about life at Birdland. As a result this weeks blog is going to be just the updates for the week. ...
