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 fa�ade; 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.