melissa reynolds, christine talleda, lindsay...
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Propagation of PasserinesBreeding plan at Riverbanks
Zoo & GardenMelissa Reynolds, Christine Talleda,
Lindsay Walker
Bird Conservation Center
Outside Aviaries
Birdhouse
Three Keys to Breeding Success
Breeding Success
Aviary Design Diet
Nest Building
• Corners caging– Clean without entering– Easy to sanitize– Rear access hallways– Safety corridor to
prevent bird escapes• Skylights and windows
– Natural light cycles• Irrigation
Aviary Design
Aviary Design• Visual barriers
– Hanging planters– Fake plants– Shade cloth/corex
Aviary Design• Perching
– Natural– Varied in size– Textured
• Fledgling Perching– Low and staggered– Potted plants on aviary
floor
Nesting Material/Nest Boxes
Example Materials• Twine/Sisal • Pine straw/hay• Grasses• Sticks• Bamboo leaves• Palm fibers• Spanish moss
Nest Boxes
Hanging Planters
•Maintenance Diet•Foundation for Healthy Birds
•Pellets, fruits and insects
•4 Stages of Chick Rearing• Nesting• Incubation• Hatch• Fledge
Facets of Nutrition
Pelleted Maintenance• Red Apple Jungle
– Marion Zoological
• Tropical Bits– Marion Zoological
• Soaked Dog Food– Hills Science Diet
•Variety of Fruit Chopped -Bananas-Apples-Grapes-Tomatoes-Oranges-Cucumbers-Romaine Lettuce
All Good Sources of Moisture! Mix it up!
Fruit Maintenance
Protein• Egg, (hard boiled)• Wax worms• Mealworms• Crickets• Soaked Science Diet
Chick Raising Diets•Nesting
•Time of plenty•Incubation
•Live bugs•Hatch to Fledge
•Live bugs, calcium•Transition to a more adult diet
Atoxoplasmosis– Atoxoplasmosis: a unicellular parasite found
in the wild.• Affects chicks of certain passerines such as
mynahs, fairy bluebirds, starlings, etc.• Results in death at fledgling age.• Does not impact adult passerines.
– What we do to prevent Atoxoplasmosis:• Toltrazuril, Given as only water source.• Offered 3 days before hatch until 7 days after
fledge.
Three Keys to Breeding Success
Breeding SuccessAviary Design Diet
Nest Building
•Nest boxes available
•Multiple nesting material options
•Easy cleaning, low disturbance to birds
•Natural light
•Variety of perching
•Visual barriers
•Live bugs!
•Calcium
•Mix it up!
•Atoxoplasmosis medications
Any Questions?• Melissa Reynolds
– [email protected]• Lindsay Walker
– [email protected]• Christine Talleda