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