Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Summer Vacation Redux #26: Denver Zoo, part 8


Between the Western area of the Denver Zoo and the center is an area with a lot of park space and habitats that weren't occupied, like the Flamingoes.  On the southern edge, I came upon the Avian World facility that was originally opened in 1975.  In spite of it's age, it really does hold up well.
 Outside is a modest colony of African Penguins, Spheniscus demersus.  A colony with some member who were in some of the most extreme molting I've ever seen!




 Snowy-headed Robin Chat, Cossypha niveicapilla.
 Hawk-headed Parrot, Deroptyus accipitrinus.
 Ross's Turaco, Musophaga rossae.
 A couple of Macaws in the throughs of grooming one another.  A Scarlet Macaw, Ara macao, and a Blue-and-Yellow Macaw, Ara ararauna.


 A Rhinoceros Hornbill, Buckeroos rhinoceros.
 Inca Tern, Larosterna inca.

 Egyptian Plover, Pluvianus aegyptius.
Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Halcyon malimbica.

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