BEE-EATER PHONE SURVEY RESULTS -- April 1997;
updated May 2000
Marcia Arland, Bronx Zoo
(718) 220-5070; [email protected]
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INSTITUTION |
SPECIES / HOUSING |
ACCLIMATION / HEALTH ISSUES |
SEXING |
BANDING |
DIET / COLORING AGENTS |
NEST SITE / NESTING |
SOCIAL AND OTHER BEHAVIORS |
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Disney's
Animal Kingdon
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0.0.6 carmine. Outdoor aviary
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Mealworms coated in beta-tene,
emeraid, and nekton; plus wild insects
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Toronto Zoo |
0.0.3 White-throated indoor
exhibit 20'x10'x8'h
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difficult getting birds
on captive non-live food diet.
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not sexed
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banded
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MW, C, mixed fruit, dry
fruit, egg, ground beef heart, kibble with veggies. Birds eat mostly live
food; hawk fruit flies attracted to fruit diet
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no nest sites in current
exhibit; concept report developed for new bee-eater exhibit w/ bee hive,
stream bank w/ nest sites.
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Cincinnati
Zoo
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0.0.5 Carmine
2.1 White-throated 0.0.4 Red-throated new inside exhibit; housed with 2 golded-breased starlings |
R-T in low weight; trauma
in transport - 1 bird DOA; 1 bird w/ eyes matted closed. Nursed to health
in small cages
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Came
in sexed
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Not
banded
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MW, C dusted w/ vitamins,
fly larvae, hard-boiled egg, softbill, live bees 2-3 x/week.Will eat egg
if low on livefood. Roxanthin and Necton R on all food. Good color.
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mud bank w/ layers of mud,
sand and moss mix
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R-T copulations seen; species
compatible; Carmines dominant
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Toledo
Zoo
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5.5 Carmine large indoor
exhibit; mixed African birds; sparse plantings
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from Bird's Haven? no acclimation
problems
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MW, WW, C, gelatin base*w/
insects; pans sprayed w/Betatene; Bet. In cricket drinking water.*gelatin
base = soaked Marion biscuit mixed w/gelatin. Birds are dark pink
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no nest sites in present
exhibit. Planning nest sitecliff w/ nest boxes and PVC pipe for Jan. '98.
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courtship feeding seen
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Honolulu Zoo |
5.7 Carmine ?? outdoor aviary 40'x30'x15'h |
none; eating and bathing upon arrival; no bill problems - birds beat food on rockwork. |
sexed at Bird's Havenbut unbanded |
live food, softened Wayne's low iron dog kibble. Birds eating. Will be adding Betatene - birds in bad color. |
4'x4'x6' box w/ layers of plywood and packed clay.Birds do not have access yet. |
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Kansas City Zoo |
6.5 Carmine (April 2000) summer - outdoor aviary; winter - housed inside. Zoo building shelters onto aviary for year-round housing. |
vitamin A deficient - treated. |
Zoogen |
color banded; bands visible in small exhibit |
MW, WW, C w/ liquid calcium, live bees in summer; frozen bees in winter, crumble dry dog food, moist Zeigler BOP pellets, beet juice. Eating only live food. No Roxanthin - liver disease. |
box w/ mud-packed PVC.on top and peck, no holes dug. New box design using clay/soil/sand mix, open-face PVC tubing. |
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San Diego WAP |
3.3.20 Carmine |
avian TB (1); tested for vitamin E selenium - OK; toenail problems; bills OK |
Carmines laproscoped |
metal banded; leg problems w/ color bands; difficult to see. |
MW, WW, C, live bees, wild inverts., kibble (not eating); Necton I/Protivit gel on insects; Roxanthin sprinkled on food; very good color. |
4'x4'x8' high box filled w/ sand/glue mix watered and packed; 3" wooded slats on front, 30 holes. 3 yr. digging; W-F seen in holes; 2 Carmine bred at Zoo. |
W-T prefer denser foliage; Carmines prefer more open space; species seem to segregate. Play behavior With eucalyptus leaves; birds most active after closing. Never seen drinking water. |
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Bronx Zoo |
0.0.19 Carmine inside exhibit,
30'x30'x40'h |
difficult getting birds on captive diet. Vitamin A deficient - treated w/ vit.A injections IM. Overgrown bills |
not sexed |
metal & color bands; difficult to see. |
MW, WW, C (live & frozen); kibble mix (dog food, bird of prey meat, vit. E, Roxanthin); Betatene sprits. |
Carmines:15' high artificial gunnite bank w/ sand-filled PVC-pipe burrows; live plants & grasses; stream through exhibit under bank. |
Carmines:courtship feeding;digging; copulations; aggressive sparing; splash bathe in stream. |
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Riverbanks Zoo |
0.0.18 Carmine and 9.4 white-throated
share inside exhibit
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Avian Biotech sexed; imported
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color bands
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MW, WW, C, kibble, nekton
I, betatene, offered on top of insectivore diet
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12' high 4' thick gunite
river bank; 3' long nest boxes at rear of gunite form nest tunnels
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