BEE-EATER SURVEY RESULTS SUMMARY --2001-2002
Marcia Arland, WCS/Bronx Zoo; [email protected]; (718) 220-5070
INSTITUTION SPECIES SEXING BANDING DIET/ HOUSING/ BREEDING OTHER ACCLIMATION/ ADDITIONAL
    METHOD   COLORING AGENT NEST SITES BEHVAVIORS BEHAVIORS HEALTH PROBLEMS COMMENTS
Columbus Zoo 14.9 Carmine blood, Plastic crushed Bird of Paradise Inside holding 14' x 14' x   Beak tapping at feet, Not currently set Crossed beak Birds given access to 
John Curton (M.n. nubicus) Celera-AG- cable ties  base w/ fruit mix and 12' high w/ potted plants; catching dead leaves up for breeding reaccurrance; heat lamps inside 
  Gen from Pandiut mealworms, waxworms, concrete floor; outside in air,  courtship but hope to model one bird with droopy  holding when temps.
    maggots dusted w/ Necton 60' x 90 x 30' high planted feeding, copulations. facilities after wing - poor flier below 60F or rainy,
    I and sprayed w/ betatine; aviary w/ 4' x 30' x 6" deep    Riverbanks Zoo. though nothing seen  birds locked inside 
    bug bowl w/ crickets; pool.  Birds housed with   on rads. 50F.
    wild bees and bugs at 13 other African bird       
        flowering plants. species        
Disney's 2.4 Carmine  unknown metal color large mealworms  120'x50'x40' outside wing-flashing; birds like to    trying different ideas
Animal  (M. n. nubicus)   bands;hard dusted w/ Betatene, walk-through aviary;  courtship  bathe in water-   to encourage them
Kingdom   to see EmeraidII & NectonS heavily planted w/ 2- feeding falls;   to eat other foods
Lyn Heller   tossed to birds TID; level waterfall & 28   displacement    
Susan Congdon   wild insects; bees African bird speices      
Riverbanks 9.9 Carmine Avian colored large mealworms,  20'x17'x25' indoor digging in  Whtie-throateds Carmines acclimate birds misted daily
Martin Vince (M. n. nubicus) Biotech zip ties; waxworms, crickets, aviary; skylights; prepared tunnels; more likely to easier to captive diet; to prevent dehydration
  9.4 White-throated DNA  can see  Bird of Prey meat, 15' gunite river bank attempts at show aggress. W-T more picky;  
  (M. albicollis) feather from below Red Apple Jungle w/ artificial nest tunnels; courtship  "5 sec. Panic dehydration problems  
  sexing pellets(soaked); housed w/ 3 other Af. feeding drill" (see RB with White-throateds  
    all dusted w/ Nekton I bird species   form) in holding  
    and sprayed w/ Betatene      
St. Louis Zoo 20.20 Carmine Celera  metal "St.  large mealworms,  30'x15'x15 outside exhibit; none to date -   birds arrived in good  
Mike Macek (M. n. nubicus) AgGen Louis" mealworms, crickets all 12' gunite riverbank in  new to exhibit condition; weights  
  blood bands;  dusted w/ softbill  back w/ 15 2" diameter   being monitored as   
  sexing some  powdered diet & calcium PVC tubes conneted to   some are at high  
    callusing carbonate; whole soft- nest boxes; shallow pool;   end of normal range  
    above bill; all sprayed with planted; 20'x12'x10'      
    metatarsus Betatene indoor heated holding      
San Diego 1.1.10 N.Carmine Carmines metal banded crickets, lg. mw, ww, bees. Outdoors exhibit 30'x15'x  W-T nested late Feb. Aggression seen New birds integrate well  
Michael Mace (M.n. nubicus) laproscoped; Adults rearing chicks  14'high w/ 8'x8' heated hatches mid-late during breeding with established group.  
Debbie Gungle 0.0.2 White-Throated remaining offered sm. Mw, mw beetles, vestibule at each end. March, fledlings season - repeated Have found some  
Pat Witman M. albicollis) birds not pinhead crickets, live fly Nest sites at each end - one  mid-late April - 6  copulations;  individuals do not do  
  0.0.17 White-fronted sexed - in pupae, live fly larva, with nest boxes w/plastic young total. chasing would as well in the colder  
  M. bullockoides) flock. fruit flies. tubing tunnels attached to Carmines and W-F cause birds to  times of the year.  
      wooded façade; the other seen copulating late drive others to    
      has sand-filled wooded box May. ground.    
      w/ removable wooded slats Artificial incubation    
      to allow birds to tunnel. for W-T in Petersime    
      Temp. range 105F-28F. at 99.5dry, 89-90    
      wet, 19+ days incub.    
      period, 17-21% wt.    
      loss, hatch wt.=2.1g.    
Vogelpark 1.1 White-fronted Tierarzt- metal & mealworms, crickets;  Carmines in 10x5x3 m  Carmines have  Aggression seen Possible chitin  
Walsrode (M. bullockoides) liches  plastic waxworms, zophobas, indoor flight with 8x2 m bred since 1993  from bee-eaters poisoning presented  
Simon Bruslund 13.12 Carmine Institute color  hard-boilded egg, raw artificial bank w/ 15  except when male: towards smaller as muscle cramps.  
Jensen (M. n. nubicus) DNA  bands; beef heart slices all mixed artficial borrows, 8x1.5m female ratio biased bird species; Vitamin A deficiency  
Dr. Dieter Rinke 0.0.3 Blue-throated feather difficult to w/ "home-mixed" dried pool.  Blue-throateds in towards male.   hierarchy with    
  (M. viridis) sexing see insect food, vitamins & 5x3x2 m indoor flight w/ Breeding season Carmines, esp.    
  11.9 White-throated   minerals and Rotan  artificial bank w/5 borrows  April - Sept.,  at food pans.    
  (M. albicollis)   (coloring agent) & 1m pool.  White-fronted peak in May/June.    
      & White-throated in 60x18 Courtship feeding    
      x5 m walk-thru with 30  & burrow digging     
      other species, 20m water first indicators.    
      area. Clutch size=3; 21     
      days from first egg    
      to first hatch; both    
      sexes feed + helpers    
      Hatch to fledge 29.5    
      days.    
WCS/Bronx Zoo 3.6 Carmine Carmines: colored  dog kibble, Softfood 3.6 M.n.nubicus housed Carmines have dug W-T aggression White-throated more Recently we added
Marcia Arland (M. n. nubicus) University cable ties Faire, large mealworms, inside on exhibit w/ 5.6 in artificial bank &  towards other dependent on live food a misting system which
  0.1 Carmine Diagnostic & ~ 1"(Carm.) mealworms, waxworms, White-throated in 30'diam. in low mound; have W-T near nest  than Carmines during birds use regularly;
  (M. n. nubicoides) Limited  chenille crickets; all live food   x 20' high flight, skylights, laid eggs in years bank - pair took acclimation; Vit. A  we also see birds
  8.6 White-throated DNA  streamers dusted w/ caco3; pan 15' high artificial bank w/ past, no successful over entire side deficiencies seen in  bathe after hours in the
  (M. albicollis) feather sewed & spritzed w/ betatene mix pvc burrows filled with  hatches.  White- of exhibit;  Carmines when arrived stream; have recently
  sexing. glued  (1/4 teasp. Betaten w/ sand/soil mix; sand/soil throateds have dug Carmines  from federal quarantine. started offering bees
  W-T: around  1 liter of water); live bees mound 5'x3'x4' high on  and we think laid dominant at  Carmines occassionally which birds take 
  Avian cable ties. offered daily during floor of exhibit; a 4'x4'x10' in 4'x4'x10' box but food pans, though get quite weak with  immediately - W-T
  Biotec DNA Quite the breeding season, 2-3 box filled w/ sand/soil mix no successful  W-T can out- molt; both sp. often  faster than Carmines.
  feather visible. times per week rest of year. held in w/ 3" wood slats hatch; in July 2002 compete them at get overgrown bills.  
  sexing. We have    slats every 4" on front; W-T nested in low  cricket toss and    
    found the    shallow stream along front mound and reared bee release.    
    streamers   and side of exhibit; natural 6 young; at least     
    do not do    perching, fake grasses; two unpaired birds    
    well on the   Rest of bee-eaters housed acted as helpers    
    smaller W-T    in 20'x10'x20' weaver attempting to feed    
      bee-eaters.   exhibit (non-breeders). young in nest.      
Woodland Park 2.1 Carmines purchased alumium Brookfield dry mix diet winter holding: 8'x8'x9'  none birds acclimated well;  
Greg Toffic as known butt-end w/ meat, mealworms, high welded wire flight w/   conservative w/ temps.  
  sex; not  band; no waxworms, crickets,  concrete floor; adjacent   moving birds to winter  
  confirmed. problems supplemented w/ Necton outdoor holding 2'x25'x8'   holding in early fall;   
    but not  Tonic I, Betatene; bee- w/ soil substrate & small   one bird being treated  
    easy to see hive 100' from winter overhang roof.  Outdoor   for dyspnea.  
    holding; birds catch exhibit 30'x40'x8-25' high      
    bees and wasps on  mixed-species aviary, soil      
    exhibit. substrate, plantings,      
          concrete pool.