Hello there everyone, my name is Mihail and I'm one of the few people lucky enough to be a zookeeper at ZooMontana. I just wanted to catch everybody up on this summer from a zookeeper's perspective. This has by far been the busiest and most successful summer in the five years I've been here.
Lets start with the new animals. Pygmy Marmosets came in about two months ago, very exciting to have more primates. It was great to see how many people came out to see their first day with the public. Oro the golden eagle came to us early on this summer and is currently not on exhibit until we're able to work out some accommodations. We have a host of new herps in the education wall including spadefoot toads and leopard frogs. We also found that the pond at the entrance is teeming with crayfish and we've started transplanting them into the pond by the homestead house and the otter exhibit. They haven't lasted too long with the otters.
Now to add to this already exciting summer, the Grizzly exhibit is coming along rapidly. It seems like everyday they're putting something new in or the buildings are twice as tall. We're all very excited about this exhibit because it is the first large exhibit since the wolverine exhibit was built in 2001. Five years is a long time between new exhibits, but it is smarter to build them slowly and make sure we can afford them as they're built.
Well, I've got to get back to work. I'll try and post at least once a month to let everybody know whats happening out here. Take care.
Mihail
