The last few days have been manic. We are cleaning virtually the whole place as there is an inspection on Monday. My main job has to been to scrub bird poop off walls surrounding the enclosures and a few pond scrubs too. Its dirty smelly work, but somewhat satisfying to see the difference once each section is finished.
I am looking forward to Monday evening very much indeed!
I have also been feeling rotten the last couple of days and during the night I discovered I had another ear infection. I am very unimpressed as this is the second one in just over a month. Considering I don't remember having one in my adult years at all, then to have two like this is very frustrating! I only have half a course of drugs as for some reason the Dr only prescribed that for me. So I am hoping I can source another half course. Cross fingers!
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| One of the night heron chicks on a fence int he pond |
There are 2 night heron chicks who have fallen from their nest and are in the Siamese and Nile enclosures (side by side enclosures). They've been there for several days now and I can't help but wonder what their fate will be. They are probably not old enough to source their own food yet. They drink from the crocodile ponds but so far the crocs have left them alone. They can't fly yet either so I suspect it won't end well… Poor little things.
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| A night heron |
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| An egret at sunset |
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| Egret |
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| Egret egg fallen from a tree (hatched - egg is empty) |
Unfortunately when you have a crocodile park and a nesting zone in the trees above, there are often sad tales of untimely endings. Both night herons and egrets nest here. It is an amazing sight to watch them building nests and feeding young. The noise is incredible, especially when the macaques try to raid the nests! The birds all start to 'scream' and they dive bomb the monkeys. Sometimes the birds win and sometimes not.
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