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Ridgeland Parks Aquarium and Aviary; Updated with pictures 12-29-09!!
Topic Started: Nov 15 2009, 04:28 PM (7,073 Views)
Apteryx

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Yeah, I asked Santa for a new one. I hope my parents, I mean, Santa brings me one.
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Hahaha, let's hope they... uhm, sorry, HE, will :D
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Despite of the graphics the zoo looks amazing.
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I show my zoos and projects at Tesara.
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Apteryx

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:anger: I think I'm going to kill someone. I had a huge update ready, the European aviary. Just as I clicked on options, to save, the game immeadiatley turned off without warning. :anger:
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That's bad :(
Mine usually minimizes but never turns off :(
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Sorry to here that, Kiwilover. :(

I hope eveything will get solved soon.
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Good news! I saved just a few minutes before it turned off. Good thing. Now I have pics!!!! Also, since I just realized I am only on a medium map, there will be two zoos that'll make one zoo. This zoo is the old world zoo, when done, it'll have animals of Africa, Asia, and Europe. The next zoo is the New World Zoo, with North and South American sections. That way I will be able to fit everything in. But in reality, they are supposed to be one zoo, it's just ZT2 has puny maps.

You are very eager to see what else awaits you. Being a lover of birds like myself, you decide to visit another avairy, the European Aviary.

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You walk inside, and start walking on the elevated path over the first few exhibits that allows for a good look at the birds from above. The first exhibit you view is a coastal one, and as you look down you see several Razorbills, Alca torda, a large auk species of Europe. You also read a sign that says, "Coming soon to this exhibit, Atlantic Puffin." A picture of the large bird with a red, orange, and yellow beak is pictured.

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You then look down into a small bog exhibit, used to represent the bogs of Europe, filled with peat moss and trees such as the Hairy Birch. You look down and you notice brown birds moving about, as well as a single black one. They're Black Grouse, Tetrao tetrix. The male bird is black, and you notice red patches above his eyes, called combs.

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The male hiding among some plants:

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Yay, pictures :D
And it looks good so far :D
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Great to here you saved, Kiwilover!

I like the Razorbills a lot.
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Edit: Thank you Maple and PB! Glad to see this one is as good as the last.

Next, you view a large temperate forest exhibit, with trees and beautiful flowers. You look down, and the first things you notice are three cranes in the exhibit, and as you read the sign you find out that they are Eurasian Cranes, Grus grus, also known as common cranes. Cranes have always fascinated me, I find them to be beautiful, graceful, and enigmatic birds. Sorry, I have to post links. It keeps saying I can't have dynamic pages, whatever that means.

Eurasian Cranes

Something moving through the underbrush catches your eye. Reading the plaque again, you find that it's a Great Bustard, Otis tarda, one of the largest flying birds. You see the male walk past the pond.


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You make great exhibits indeed.


When do we get out of the aviary? xD
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Apteryx

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:P Don't worry Maple, I make detailed aviaries and after these there'll be only one more aviary exhibit. Most of this zoo is birds, after all! I also tend to talk a lot, like I am now, so I'll shut up.

The elevated pathway ends, and you now see several meadow exhibits, filled to the brim with coughcoughundetailedcough flowers. The first exhibit contains a pond and you look in to see several cute White Ducks enjoying themselves by the pond.

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After watching the ducks, you head to a large meadow exhibit with lots of flowers. What's inside?

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You look in and see a beautiful Demoiselle Crane, Anthropoides virgo. These beautiful cranes make large migrations every year, breeding in central asia and visiting Europe and other parts of Asia and even Africa sometimes.

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Oh Goodie.

Sorry, after about 5 updates, I start to get tired of the same aviary. xD

But don't worry, you did a great job on it so far.

BTW, you said it was mostly birds, what other animals are there going to be, or is that a secret?
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Apteryx

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It's a secret, but I said there'd be fish, remember? I am going to build the Southeast Asian section next, there's going to be some larger mammals, rather than just birds. In fact, I don't have many SE asian birds. :P

You peer into the last Europe aviary exhibit, this one a meadow with a large pond. (Which you can't see. :P )

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(This is a terrible photo of the following bird)

Inside are Hoopoe, which are kingfisher like birds from Asia, Europe, and Africa. Named for their call, these small birds eat insects, spiders, centipedes, and occasionally small fish.

Horrible photo alert: (These birds are very camera shy)

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You leave the aviary sad that all the European birds are over with. (Or happy, if you're a bird hater like Maple. :P Just joking, of course. :)

I'll work on some non birds tonight.

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