More than 2,000 birds have acclimated to their new home, says the bird park.
It took a year of planning and four months to move, but Jurong Bird Park's 400 species of 3,500 birds are nearly ready to meet visitors again at their new home in Mandai.on May 8, with a S$10 ticket discount for adults and children during its soft opening until May 26.
“One essential part of the planning for the full move was how do we transport every single bird species in the best possible way that avoids stress, and is also the safest way possible?” said vice-president of the park’s animal care team Luis Neves. “For animals like storks, cranes, because they’re so big and they’re so strong and it’s so easy for them to injure themselves, we use a net to quickly restrain them and then we quickly wrap a towel around them and make sure they cannot flap their wings,” he continued.For the safety of some birds like the shoebills, some feathers were trimmed to stop them from flying into obstacles and injuring themselves when introduced into the new aviary.
Most times, the pet carriers carrying smaller birds were draped in old, unwanted Mandai T-shirts. This keeps the birds calm by shrouding them in darkness. On rainy days, the covers also helped to keep the birds dry.“We felt that it is not safe for the animals to come in on a very rainy day. We want the birds to come and have the full day to actually adapt,” he said, adding that the moves usually start early in the morning.
Senior keeper Sadali Mohamed Tali then gingerly grabbed Mary by its neck, went behind it and folded its wings into its body. He lifted the leggy bird up and out of its enclosure where a vet was waiting. Placed on a trolley, one crate was wheeled up a slope and at the planned point of release, three keepers placed the crate on the edge of the vegetation and opened the crate’s door wide.
Dishing out mealworms from a small bucket strapped to his waist, Mr Madhavan counted the birds and explained the purpose of recall conditioning. The team has been doing recall conditioning for the birds since they lived in the African Treetops aviary in Jurong Bird Park, so it was easy to get them to adapt.
A southern caracara jumping up to grab a treat from Mr Chandramohan's hand during a conditioning session at the Sky Amphitheatre. A white-bellied sea eagle swooping in on a treat during a conditioning session at the Sky Amphitheatre. But within a day or so, the birds got used to the screen, said Mr Chandramohan, adding that he was quite happy with the progress.
Since the aviary is much bigger, the team decided to switch from using a whistle to an electric buzzer, so that the birds can hear the call easily, said deputy head keeper Farhan Hamzah. A great green macaw flying out of a pet carrier and into its new home - the Crimson Wetlands aviary.
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