One way that the Animal Keepers keep track of an animal’s health is to monitor its weight. So, how would you get a barred owl to sit still on a scale? Keeper Sarah demonstrates her method. Note: these photos are a composite showing the steps, but with different individuals of our 4 barred owls. Do you see any difference between the owls? Of course, not all our owls are as large as our barred owls. Keeper Marilyn shows how sheRead more
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QuikPost: Lemur Tracking
Erin wrote a great post last year on tracking lemurs. Last month some of the keepers practiced their lemur tracking skills. Each of our lemurs wear a collar so that if they get out of their exhibit we can find them. I wouldn’t really let a real lemur out, so I put a tracking collar on a stuffed-animal and hide it somewhere. This is what they found:Read more
QuikPost: leaning tower of pizza boxes
I was shuffling through a bunch of pictures that Katy had taken and I came across these. The picture title was so clever I figured I’d use it as the title of this post!Read more
Oh yay, produce day…
I can’t speak for all of the keepers, but I do know there are at least some of my fellow co-workers who don’t particularly enjoy produce day. Produce day falls on Wednesday, when our new Lead Keeper, Aaron, goes to several different stores and buys an amazing array of food for the animals. Then, of course, all the food must be put away making sure to place the older stuff on top so that it gets used first. While puttingRead more
If you could be any animal- which would you be?
I asked my fellow animal keepers this question awhile ago, thinking I’d come up with a funny blog to post. I got a bunch of answers: Kent – Mottled Rock Snake Sherry- Eagle Katy- Elephant Jill- vegetarian Polar Bear Kristen- Giraffe Aaron- Killer Whale Sarah- Atlantic Puffin Marilyn- Spectacled Bear Mikey- Stegosaurus Me- Clark’s Grebe While all of these are great answers, it wasn’t really as funny as I’d hope it would have been. Insert Interns— As you may haveRead more
Max & Molasses
On Friday, Keeper Marilyn and I were getting enrichment ready for Max, the steer in our Farmyard. Sometimes the enrichment is some kind of scent or flavor sprayed or spread on some of the toys that we vary in the yard. This time, we thought it might be fun to try molasses and see if Max might like it. As soon as he was let out of his stall, he ran down to the pole where we had hung hisRead more