MYZoo for members of Woodland Park Zoo • Spring 2014

Making “Green” Skies Safer for Raptors A walk through tiger country detritivores, Nature’s rad recyclers MYZOO spring 2014

Dear Members, ON THE COVER One of the most fundamental things your zoo does is engage huge audiences in the A ferruginous hawk soars wonders of wildlife while inspiring them to care for our planet’s future. Even when with Woodland Park Zoo’s LETTER you’re not visiting our 92 acres, MyZoo magazine can keep you inspired by sharing the raptor flight program. Dennis Dow, WPZ FROM THE stories of our keepers, educators and Northwest and global field conservation partners. You look to the zoo as a model for how to share the planet with wildlife. Already the ways PRESIDENT people use the Earth’s resources, along with the threats of carbon-related climate change, Get in on ZooAction 2014! have set many critical species onto a path of extinction. As stewards for the care of more than 1,000 animals, tens of thousands of plants and our environment, we have a vested Public policy decisions affect Woodland Matt Hagan interest in mitigating this human-induced impact. We take our job seriously as a showcase for Park Zoo’s funding and programming. From CONTENTS dozens of sustainability innovations in our exhibits, programs, and gardens to illustrate what funding for capital projects in the State current and future generations of visitors can do in their communities, too. budget, to City of Seattle and King County Making “Green” Skies Safer for Raptors...... 4 This last December, a much-anticipated report from the National Research Council parks and transportation initiatives, the Walk with me through tiger country...... 10 suggests that those future generations might not be as “future” as we thought. Scientists zoo is impacted by decisions made by our caution that abrupt, short-term climate impacts, coupled with long-term impacts already elected officials. The Ripple Effect: How love of one documented as slowly edging forward, could together reach a tipping point within the next animal impacts thousands...... 12 Join the zoo this year in support of the City 20 years. These changes would dramatically affect the marine- and land-based ecosystems of Seattle Parks Legacy funding initiative. we enjoy and cherish today. Even for changes that may take a century, further effects are Woodland Park Zoo joins WISE...... 13 imminent unless we reduce greenhouse gases at a faster pace. The time to act is now. This effort will provide resources for major maintenance projects for city parks—infra- Patas Monkey friendship blossoms...... 14 Although the zoo has carried out green practices for decades, in 2010 our Zoo Sustain- structure resources that sustain our parks’ ability Plan formally codified an ambitious, five- and 10-year framework for reducing our Patas Monkey poster pull out...... 16 beauty, safety, and vibrancy so that every- carbon footprint. Now, I’m pleased to report that we’re adding a new goal for Woodland one can enjoy nature and the outdoors. Park Zoo: to become carbon neutral. We will spend this year investigating the best Recap on recycling...... 18 strategies and opportunities to do so. We will also be tracking and supporting Cheetahs will be here in a flash ...... 19 Pursuing carbon-neutral status in 2015 will be challenging. I look forward to sharing our state legislative activities including trans- progress and the fun, rewarding ways you can help achieve this milestone. Together, our portation funding for mass transit, as well Spring Green Browse...... 20 commitment will help to ensure that wild animals and landscapes have a place in the lives as supporting education, conservation and of every generation. sustainability initiatives. Membership Matters...... 23

Sincerely, To get involved, check out www.zoo.org/ Classes and Camps...... 24 zooaction. You can also follow ZooAction activities on Facebook and Twitter. MyZoo Kids: Detritivores, Nature’s rad recyclers. . .28

Deborah B. Jensen, Ph.D. President and CEO

WOODLAND PARK ZOO Deborah B. Jensen Ph.D. BOARD MEMBERS ZOO HOURS MyZoo Spring 2014. Volume 16. Issue 1. OUR MISSION: FIND US ON Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA 601 NORTH 59TH STREET President and CEO Linda Allen Glenn Kawasaki Bryan Slinker General Information: 206.548.2500 Membership Department Bruce Bohmke David S. Anderson Cammi Libby Gretchen Sorensen SPRING/SUMMER and Address Changes: 206.548.2400, [email protected] SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98103 Woodland Park Zoo Saves Editor in Chief: Laura Lockard, [email protected] Anthony Bay Chief Operations Officer Rob Liddell Jay Tejera May 1 – September 30 Associate Editor: Kirsten Pisto, [email protected] Bruce Bentley Leigh McMillan Margaret Wetherald Design Editor: Misty Fried, [email protected] MAIN ZOO LINE animals and their habitats 9:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Photo Editor: Ryan Hawk, [email protected] Marianne Bichsel Jane Nelson Kathy Williams 206.548.2500 For Advertising Information: [email protected] or 206.548.2625 2014 BOARD OF Kristi Branch Laura Peterson Robert Williams through conservation CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY Comments or questions? Write 601 N. 59th St. Seattle, WA GENERAL EMAIL DIRECTORS OFFICERS Lisa Caputo Larry Phillips Susie Wyckoff 98103-5858 or email [email protected] Dino DeVita Matt Rosauer Deborah Jensen, ex officio Woodland Park Zoo is a City of Seattle facility managed [email protected] Nancy Pellegrino, Chair leadership and engaging Fall/Winter and operated by the non-profit Woodland Park Zoological Janet Dugan Patti Savoy Christopher Williams, ex officio Society.MyZoo (ISSN 2153-4659) is published quarterly for Laurie Stewart, Vice Chair David Goldberg Greg Schwartz October 1 – April 30 $6.00 per year for Woodland Park Zoo (WPZ) members MEMBERSHIP EMAIL experiences, inspiring people from membership dues by WPZ at 601 N. 59th St. Seattle, WA Kenneth Eakes, Treasurer Lisa Graumlich Rob Short 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 98103-5858. Periodicals postage paid at Seattle WA. [email protected] Jason Hamlin Jeff Leppo, Secretary Elizabeth Sicktich to learn, care and act. POSTMASTER send address change to: Debora Horvath Ron Siegle MyZoo, WPZ 601 N. 59th St. Seattle, WA 98103-5858 www.zoo.org Stuart Williams, All photos are property of Woodland Park Zoo unless Immediate Past Chair otherwise noted.

2 Woodland Park Zoo is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization 3 MYZOO spring 2014 Making “Green” Skies Safer for Jim Watson Gretchen Albrecht, WPZ Raptors Male Swainson’s hawk #39425 and the turbine that eventually struck him. Abandoned eggs in his nest. Peregrinations makes survival harder for the large, and Swainson’s hawks at high-density wind long-lived birds at the top of the food farm sites in south-central Washington and A delicate spring dew has settled chain. Now, a new kind of development north-central Oregon. Zoo researchers on the shrub steppe of the Columbia Basin. has arrived: wind farms. More than 2,000 closely monitor hawks’ use of nesting Raptors, migrating through the Pacific turbines spin out electricity in the basin ranges, flight patterns, and interactions in flyway from distant wintering grounds, have landscape as Washington state looks turbine collision zones. alighted here, driven by eons of instinct to to sustain growth and mitigate climate breeding areas where a potential buffet of change by increasing reliance on green and Bumpy travels small mammals, such as ground squirrels renewable energy, a laudable goal. As they and pocket gophers, awaits. Heeding the Slightly winded, raptor lead keeper proliferate, so do concerns about losing juveniles’ endless squawks, for several weeks Gretchen Albrecht edges up the branches breeding raptor populations. “We need dutiful parents will bring meat, day after day, of a juniper tree as the sun warms the air. to understand the cumulative impacts of for gaping beaks to tear into. The raptors’ She is confirming the status of a particular wind energy projects on nesting raptors, main business here is to raise healthy young nest, one of several the keepers focus including their potential displacement and ready them to fledge, egging the species on to track whether ferruginous and and collisions with the 100-150 foot-long on one season at a time. Swainson’s hawks are returning to this turbine blades so we can better protect range annually, or are being displaced Fewer prey scurry about this landscape them,” says Jim Watson, a veteran wildlife by the turbines and moving on to safer today, however. As ranches, farms, towns research scientist with the Washington territory. Peering from a safe distance, she and paved roads have grown in number, Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). spies two large eggs. It is a bittersweet more than 50% of previously undeveloped To achieve that goal, Jim looks to Woodland find. Indeed, the hawk pair had returned shrub-steppe habitat, a raptor haven, has Park Zoo for help. Each spring, raptor keep- to their range and was preparing to raise disappeared. This hybrid environment ers Gretchen Albrecht, Susan Burchardt, this season’s young, taking turns sitting on Ros Bas-Fournier, Joanna Bojarski, and Jean the eggs and feeding on a dead vole one Ragland migrate to the basin too, providing of them had hunted nearby. But Gretchen him expert knowledge and research and Jim already know that the father, a skills. They are the heart of a 14-year banded Swainson’s hawk in their study, collaboration with WDFW, a Woodland has been killed. His right wing shattered Park Zoo Living Northwest project called by a spinning blade, he lay slumped several Raptor Ecology of the Shrub-Steppe. For yards away between his nest and a nearby the last three years, they have focused on turbine. His mate has already abandoned the effects of wind power on ferruginous the nest. She is unable to hatch two eggs,

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feed ravenous chicks until they fledge and regularly pass through or around as she reflects on the field work stories table is our connection to it. “It’s such feed herself. Not alone. operational turbines on their territories, she and the keepers tell curious zoo big, open country,” she recalls. “You feel but may be learning to adjust their flight visitors during the popular flight programs. small, but that’s good. You see how really With such keen eyesight, why do hawks behaviors near turbines depending on Children’s faces flush with awe and connected you are to all of life.” Building not see these giant fans in their workaday wind speed. The study’s findings will wonder as the birds cruise over the grassy from this simple fact, we can shift our flight paths? Gretchen explains that “hawks improve state policy guidelines for safer knoll, showing off a magnificent portfolio paradigm from merely energy consumers are predators. After a long migration, turbine siting, operational regulations and of broad wings, strong talons and laser- to proactive stewards of it, mindful of the their job here is straightforward, driven by bird-strike mitigation, and may even inform sharp focus. Gretchen knows that the species with which we share the planet’s instinct: build nests, find food and defend the industry’s research on blade design. more people connect to the zoo’s field resources. Green technology can design territory in the home range.” Making sense While just about any human endeavor we projects, the more conservation action smart, and then smarter, ways to co-exist of strange, new human-built hazards is a undertake impacts the environment, green they will take. Most visitors are shocked with wildlife. The keepers’ field work is secondary priority. “As Jim sees it, imagine technology especially, through innovation to learn that turbine blade tips can slice an important contribution to helping wind waking up every day with hungry kids to and cooperation, can seek to reduce its the air so fast, and are moved to learn power companies, policy makers and all feed. A huge, dangerous blender is lodged Ryan Hawk, WPZ impact on the habitat it occupies. how raptors are so deeply connected to who admire a blue—or a green—sky between your bedroom and your kitchen. Keeper Jean Ragland scopes out the shrub-steppe for signs of Swainson’s or ferruginous hawks the basin’s natural resources. make choices that keep raptors aloft. Your eyes scan the ground, locking in on Safer skies food, so even with all your flying skills, whether the hawks become habituated to windows and domestic cats annually, the Even as development lurches onward, eventually you’re going to bump into it.” the turbines, flying near or through them. number is relatively low. Back at the zoo’s Raptor Center, Gretchen believes it is not inevitable that Story by Bettina Woodford, Ph. D. In nesting territories, the mean rate at Gretchen wraps up a typical day. Feeder viable habitat and raptors should disap- Senior Communications Officer But wind farms are not just here to stay; Raptor traps? which hawks encounter turbine collision crickets chirp noisily in the background pear from the landscape. What is inevi- they are here to multiply. According to zones, a 400-foot radius around the blades, The few years since turbines began researchers at MIT and the Santa Fe is once every 76 minutes. appearing in raptor country equate to Institute, renewable energy patents now about a millisecond in evolutionary terms. At 400 feet tall, a turbine rises to the outpace patents for fossil fuels. That pace Whether raptors will learn, individually and same height at which hawks circle as they impacts birds and other wildlife. As with as a species, to navigate them better is an seek prey. The danger is in the blades’ hawk #39425, “it’s hard not to have a open question. Through focal observations, rotational dynamics—slowing down, visceral reaction to individual bird strikes,” the keepers collect data on specific birds’ speeding up, stopping—especially at the says Jim. “But we really need to help wind range behaviors, recording flight type, dura- outer tips. Even at a moderate revolution, companies and energy consumers grasp tion of interaction with or near turbines, those tips can exceed speeds of 150 miles the potential population-level effects, Keepers’ field work tools include Global Positioning and wind and turbine speed. They seek per hour, creating whirls of air that can particularly for endangered or threatened Systems technology, to discern patterns and trends holistically knock birds off balance, or suck them raptors. The more we understand their telescopes, binoculars, on two levels. The landscape level looks in, resulting in fatal strikes. In the U.S., ranging habits and response behaviors photography, highly skilled at whether populations are displaced by estimates are that wind farms kill between to risk factors, the better we can sustain eyesight and lots of patience. the turbines, abandoning their breeding 150,000 and 500,000 birds a year. these valuable species over generations.” grounds for safer but often less suitable Compared to the hundreds of millions Preliminary results, to be released this Ryan Hawk, WPZ habitats. The interaction level looks at of birds killed by vehicles, buildings’ glass year, suggest that these hawks continue to return to wind project areas to nest, although ferruginous hawks, more sensi- Ryan Hawk, WPZ tive and in decline, are at greater risk of nest-site attrition. Their ranges span large, patchy networks of feeding areas across the basin, so their chances of interacting with turbines increase. Washington state is a FOREST Although only a few of the studied birds hotbed for both excellent died from blade strikes, the population wind energy and prime SHRUB STEPPE experienced considerable mortality raptor habitat. from other human-related factors, such CROPLAND as poaching. Fine-scale analyses of flight patterns suggest that nesting hawks

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UPCOMING Say “I do” at the Zoo! Woodland Park Zoo is the perfect setting for green wedding ceremonies, receptions and rehearsal dinners. Have a wild time, and help save wildlife and wild places close to home and EVENTS around the world. Celebrate your love—and love the environment! THRIVE 2014 AT WOODLAND PARK ZOO Wednesday, March 19

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Soon, in a forest adjacent to the park, body parts are prized in traditional Asian enough to make the muddy hills, sweat we come upon a poachers’ camouflaged medicine and highly valuable on the black and leeches worth it. I know that the Walk with me through camp. This one is rudimentary; part-time market. We encounter deep scratch other CAT Walkers feel the same way. opportunists have hauled in a few snares marks on a tree trunk, belying a sun bear’s Margaret Mead urged us never to doubt and basic camping supplies. Increasingly, long, futile struggle to escape a snare. Its the power of a dedicated group of people however, the rudimentary is giving way skeletal remains had been documented to change the world, and these CAT Walks to highly organized illegal trafficking by the previous January. As a team member are living proof. Imagine if tiger keepers tiger country well-funded international groups. Their records the sun bear site data, I think from a collective of zoos joined these walks precise planning elevates the killing of about the delicate reality of all the forest’s to learn first-hand how ordinary people These days, bad news is easy to come Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s bustling capital increasing the number of eyes and boots tigers and other wildlife to a whole new species, and eons of ecosystem biology are saving wild tigers, and then shared by in stories about tiger conservation. But city, they take on intense jungle heat and on the ground, and collecting data to level, which calls for stringent, front-line potentially undone by a short period of those compelling stories with millions of I’d like to show you how the power of steep, muddy terrain. Most importantly, help enforce conservation laws. MYCAT protection by professional law enforce- human activity. Then I am reminded that zoo visitors. Conservation stories will be a ordinary, caring people is changing that. Re- they bring an infectious, can-do attitude. researchers or park authorities determine ment agencies. CAT walkers play a crucial that’s why we’re here: to help reverse this cornerstone of our new Malayan tiger and cently, I joined a group of folks in Malaysia My lack of leech socks notwithstanding, the walkers’ routes into protected supporting role. trend. And there’s much to do. sloth bear exhibit. When it opens in 2015, dedicated to protecting tiger landscapes this experience filled me with hope for the forests. Research shows that low-impact Our resolve and purpose tested, we our guests will connect to meaningful ac- from the grip of wildlife criminals. Come tiger’s future. recreational activities, such as hiking, MORE THAN SAVING TIGERS continue on. Soon, a great reward tions they can take, even 9,000 miles away, with me on a CAT (Citizen Action for photography or bird watching in wild In a complex habitat, protecting flag- comes to us. Members of our volunteer to save wild tigers. Thank you for joining Tigers) Walk through tiger country and see BOOTS ON THE GROUND areas deter poaching without affecting ship species, such as Malayan tigers or group unearth a cache of snares hidden me on this awesome journey. I’ve never felt for yourself what conservation in a tiger wildlife. Poachers are far more disturbed Over two days, we traverse the Yu River elephants, is like putting a protective in a tree trunk. We break into rousing more humbled or inspired than by walking hotspot looks and feels like. by the presence of people than animals! Wildlife Corridor, a vital connection umbrella over thousands of other species. cheers. Immediately we report the find through tiger country. Have you? Last summer, on a Malaysian site visit for between Taman Negara National Park, From day one, it’s clear that MYCAT’s Landscape-level conservation preserves to authorities through MYCAT’s Wildlife Woodland Park Zoo’s Field Conserva- the largest protected area in Malaysia, innovative efforts with citizen conservation diversity in the web of life, which contrib- Crime Hotline. Confiscating these snares Story and photos by Fred Koontz, Ph.D, tion Department, I joined a Citizen and a larger tiger landscape to the west. are effective. Our guide helps us navigate utes to healthy ecosystems, which then represents very real animals—perhaps Vice President of Field Conservation Conservationist trip organized by the Citizen conservation here is growing dense vegetation and narrow trails. As serve us all for the long haul. even several Malayan tigers—saved from Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers among Malaysia’s under-40 crowd. Some sweat beads on my forehead, I note how the grip of poaching. The find alone is Day two finds us deeper in the forest in an (MYCAT) and funded by the Zoological CAT Walks have wait lists. Ordinary rigorous the muddy hills are even for the unprotected part of the wildlife corridor, Society of London’s 21st Century Tiger folks and “voluntourists” trek in from youngest volunteers. But no one complains. encountering signs of other animals and the Malaysian public. MYCAT’s cities and villages for a few days, unpaid, Shortly, we are rewarded by locating threatened by wildlife crime. A cold, hard Learn how Woodland Park Zoo is helping to protect core tiger breeding volunteers, an invaluable presence in the to reclaim wild spaces from poachers. a tiger-monitoring camera trap. We fact of CAT Walks is that finding evidence areas in Taman Negara National Park through its new 10-year collaboration forest, monitor animal activity and deter They don’t confront criminals; rather, they download images and swap out equipment, of poaching can be gruesome. Sun bear with Panthera and Malaysian colleagues. Visit zoo.org/conservation/tiger tiger poaching. Often traveling hours from supplement law enforcement officials by securing it to the tree at tiger height.

10 11 MYZOO spring 2014 THE RIPPLE EFFECT: HOW LOVE OF ONE ANIMAL IMPACTS THOUSANDS

Nancy and Mark Pellegrino describes her service as her most reward- them embrace a common energy sprung share a passion for the zoo’s mission that ing role yet as an executive volunteer: from meaningful change. began well before setting foot on our 92 “The zoo embodies not only my deep Woodland Park Zoo As they advise clients, Mark and Nancy acres, as it grew naturally from a deep love commitment to conserving animals and balance their current gifts in relation to of animals both domestic and wild. their habitats, but it has also become a is excited to join their estate gifts. While the Pellegrinos part of our family. The zoo has an incred- “While we were not blessed to have chil- are involved intimately with a number of ibly broad reach across our community dren,” says Mark, “one of the great joys charitable organizations in the Seattle something WISE! and our world through the animal care, in our lives is our dog, Riley. He teaches area, Nancy says that choosing the zoo as education and conservation elements of us the true meaning of unconditional love. a beneficiary of their estate plans was a our mission. We are making a difference In the zoo, we have found an ideal place natural decision. “My hope is that our zoo on multiple levels literally every day.” to express this love of something greater is exponentially better 30 years from now. than ourselves.” Aside from the zoo’s role as a community We are putting the pieces in place to be treasure and essential destination for the best zoo in the world. Mark and I want Nancy expands on this sentiment: “It’s entertaining visitors, Mark values the to see this evolution continue well after the reason our first campaign gift was zoo as a place at which children of all our lifetimes.” Ryan Hawk, WPZ designated toward animal care and socio-economic backgrounds can develop enrichment at the zoo. Animals also teach Mark underscores Nancy’s sentiments, Dennis Conner, WPZ palpable connections with wildlife. “Nancy us about compassion, empathy and a adding that “Our shared goal is to and I were fortunate to travel to Africa; desire for a more sustainable world. We advocate for the zoo now, as donors, only a small percentage of the population want our philanthropy to be an expression volunteers and ambassadors. Our estate Woodland Park is able to do this. The zoo ensures of these values.” gift is a pledge toward the future. It will that every kid has opportunities to see help keep the zoo a vibrant part of our A member of the zoo’s Board of Directors endangered animals up close and develop a community for many years to come.” since 2005, Nancy began her two-year more profound appreciation for the need Zoo joins wise Washington Informal Science Education Consortium term as Chair in January 2013. She to conserve them. We see this happen Woodland Park Zoo remains grateful every day.” for Nancy and Mark’s leadership, their Today we are faced with the need to cre- Consortium. Together, WISE is developing contributions, and their great love of our Nancy and Mark interact daily with ate scientifically literate citizens, boost our innovative science programs that leverage zoo animals and staff. As they encourage wealthy families in their professional economy, increase innovation, and break our collective credibility, expertise and more members of our community to give, lives. This has also shaped how they view the cycle of poverty for underserved resources. These programs will demonstrate just imagine how much better our zoo will their own philanthropy. “I rarely come students and their families. To address how our six institutions can effectively work be 30 years from now. across a wealthy family that does not that challenge, we need a new model for together with K–12 districts and other have philanthropic leanings,” Mark shares, If you would like to speak with us about learning—one that integrates effective partners to inspire and advance science speaking from decades of experience as a how you can leave your legacy at Wood- informal learning experiences with formal learning, beginning with those pre-K – 12 preeminent investment advisor. “It stems land Park Zoo, we invite you to contact us. learning programs. students who are underserved. from a desire to stand for a cause.” For Sarah Valentine Recently Woodland Park Zoo took a bold Woodland Park Zoo is excited to be part Nancy, a successful executive in the wealth Major Gifts and Planned Giving Officer step with the Seattle Aquarium, Burke of something WISE, supporting the young management industry, philanthropy is the 206.548.2624 Museum, IslandWood, The Museum of Flight minds in our community and expanding most powerful tool for connecting family [email protected] and Pacific Science Center to create WISE, science education. Courtesy Pellegrino Family members across generations. It helps the Washington Informal Science Education

12 13 MYZOO spring 2014 Patas monkey friendship blossoms

Sekei and Acacia skillfully forages Sekei, protecting Acacia are for enrichment items. the savanna from his quite a pair rocky perch.

Meet our newest pair of patas given access to the exhibit on their own, Patas monkeys are one of monkeys (Erythrocebus patas)! Acacia, our so they could get used to the environ- the speediest animals on the 8-year-old female from Kentucky, and ment and scout it out. When they were African savanna. Sharing the Sekei, our 4-year-old male from Califor- placed together, Acacia showed signs of grasslands with predators such nia, have been successfully introduced submission, her way of letting Sekei know as jackals, hyenas and leopards, and have been spending some quality she would share the exhibit with him. In patas monkeys need to be time on the savanna together. the wild, the highest-ranking female is in extremely quick and agile. If charge of the troop. Keepers first introduced the monkeys to necessary, a patas can go from each other through a mesh enclosure to Patas monkeys typically spend much of zero to 33 miles per hour in just be sure they were not aggressive. The their time perched high in trees or rock three seconds! monkeys spent time looking at each other outcroppings, on the lookout for preda- Next time you are at the zoo, be sure to and showed positive interactions through tors and other dangers. You can see both stop by the patas exhibit and say hello to Sekei and Acacia can be seen on the award-winning African Savanna exhibit. Watch the mesh. It is not always easy to tell if of our patas in trees or sitting up on the these two! two animals will get along, but fortunately rocks peering across the savanna, scouting them bond by sitting together, grooming one another and sharing enrichment such these two showed encouraging behaviors out the zebras and the giraffes. right away. The patas monkeys were both Story by Kirsten Pisto as kale, cabbage, insects and their favorite fruits. As you watch the patas monkeys, Photos by Dennis Dow scan the horizon for other mammals that may come into view, such as plains zebra, fringe-eared oryx and reticulated giraffe. 14 15 MYZOO spring 2014

16 17 Dennis Dow, WPZ Dennis Dow, MYZOO Here are the items we helped you spring 2014 recycle. Look how many we have kept RECAP ON out of the landfill so far! Plastic lids Pouches 6-pack ring carriers 19,149 (CapriSun, GoGo, etc) 507 RECYCLING 3,698 Cereal bags Pens/markers/ Corks Whether big or small, your actions matter! 690 mechanical pencils 5,299 If you visited the Nature Exchange Outpost last summer, 522 you learned that you can help the earth and earn points for Nature Exchange, Woodland Park Zoo’s nature swap shop, for certain items that can be recycled at the zoo but not at home. You can now earn Nature Exchange points in Zoomazium not only for your drawings, photos, research or exciting nature items, but your recycling items too! Peter Riger, Houston Zoo

Between May 1 and November 30, 2013, over 395 zoo visitors made a difference by bringing in their recycling. You too can join these families in mitigating your impact on the environment by making sure these items are recycled and CHEETAHs will be here upcycled, instead of ending up in a landfill. The zoo collects both your recyclables and its own to deliver to various recycling centers. in a flash Join us in making our actions matter! The fastest land mammal on earth will Learn more about how to participate in Nature Exchange by visiting Zoomazium, winter hours: weekends 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. be here in a flash! A pair of cheetahs will Cheetah 101 debut in a temporary exhibit at Woodland or weekdays noon – 3 p.m. See website for summer hours Here are some facts about the new dotted denizens we all can’t wait to meet: starting May 1. Park Zoo this May. Range and Habitat - Cheetahs are Conservation Status - Cheetahs Your zoo will receive two unrelated distributed throughout the drier parts are classified as Vulnerable by the females on loan from Wildlife Safari in of sub-Saharan Africa. They are most International Union for Conservation Winston, Oregon: Liz and Missy, both frequently observed on open grassy of Nature. Two subspecies which occur born in 1999. They are older, post- plains, but can also be found in a mosaic in Namibia and Iran are classified as reproductive females. By providing a of woodland and grassland habitats, using Critically Endangered. temporary home for these cheetahs, we bush, scrub and open woodlands. are able to help the Species Survival Plan Woodland Park Zoo supports The by creating additional space for offspring On the Move - Top speed of a cheetah Kirsten Pisto, WPZ Kirsten Pisto, WPZ Cheetah Conservation Fund through produced at Wildlife Safari. during pursuit of prey has been recorded our Wildlife Survival Fund program. at 63 mph (102 km/hour) and high speed The Association of Zoos & Aquariums sprints rarely last longer than 650-1,000 oversees the Species Survival Plan (SSP) The majority of cheetahs feet (200-300 meters). for cheetahs, a program through which accredited zoos work together to improve Diet - These specialized eaters feed live in small, isolated and maintain the genetic and demographic on gazelles and small to medium-sized health and growth of the population.The antelope, but may also prey on ground- groups outside of protected Cheetah SSP enlisted our assistance to care dwelling birds, hares and small mammals. for these animals for six to 18 months. They can consume up to 30 pounds game reserves where they (14 kg) at one sitting and are able to quickly consume their food so that are often in conflict with stronger competitors such as hyenas, lions and leopards don’t steal their prey. humans and livestock. 18 19 Kirsten Pisto, WPZ Kirsten Pisto, WPZ MYZOO Spring Green Browse

Spring is on its way, and we are celebrating with a beautiful bouquet of greens grown in our very own browse gardens. The browse garden program provides fresh leaves, flowers and herbs for many of our animals and is accessible year round. These small browse gardens supplement plants that

are grown right in the exhibits (for 24/7 Ryan Hawk , WPZ nibbling) as well as regular pruning scraps from our horticulture crew, which provide the majority of munching material. Browse gardens are located all throughout zoo grounds and watering duties are shared by everyone from our horticulture crew to our IT department. Kirsten Pisto , WPZ

Here, students from our ZooCorps teen volunteer program are gathering enrich- ment from a browse garden. They will The term “browse” refers to the plant materials identify the plants and sort them by variety, eaten by browsers—that is, herbivores or plant- size and color. Our animals are given an Ryan Hawk , WPZ Ryan Hawk, WPZ eaters that eat the leaves, stems and flowers assortment of browse throughout the right off the tree or bush instead of grazing year, all with different tastes, textures and on the ground. colors. The ZooCorps teens will deliver brown bags full of browse to keepers, who Many Northwest native plants are on the list will then share them with our animals. of approved browse, from alder and birch to Douglas fir and dogwood. You’ll see evergreen leaves in winter, and cherry tomatoes and fresh oregano in the summer.

From left to right: It’s all part of our ongoing effort to feed our Will Johnstone, animals the highest quality and most nutritious Brianna Morley, and Jessie Smith food while shrinking our carbon footprint by reducing our food miles, the distance that food needs to travel.

The gorillas’ favorite browse? Freshly fallen pet- als from our organic rose garden, a fine delicacy!

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spring 2014 RED PANDA $ MEMBERSHIP ADOPTION SPECIAL 69 Bring home a red panda with a ZooParent adoption! MATTERS Did you know that “panda” is a Nepalese word meaning “small, membership CHANGES FOR 2014 cat-like animal”? Red pandas usually like to eat bamboo shoots Welcome to another great year at Woodland Park Zoo! and leaves, but your plush animal will be much easier to care for! We’ve made some changes to our membership program – read below to see what’s new. We’re looking forward Your adoption package includes: to seeing you at the zoo all year long! • Red panda plush • ZooParent adoption certificate • Animal fact sheet Membership prices have been updated • Color photo of animal • ZooParent static cling Annual Pass • Online recognition for one year $47 Adult Or, upgrade your adoption to the $100 level $15 Children ages 3-18 (Children 0-2 are always free!) Dennis Dow , WPZ and receive two one-time admission passes and your name on the ZooParent recognition $65 Flexible Guest Adult sign in March 2015!* Discovery Passport EXCITING EVENTS $275 ALL YEAR LONG Includes unlimited admission for two adults and their children or Be sure your membership is up grandchildren, plus fantastic additional benefits like guest passes, to date for some of our most animal feeding experiences and more! Visit zoo.org/membership popular events at the zoo! for details on this great new membership level. April 19 RECIPROCAL BENEFIT Bunny Bounce Woodland Park Zoo has switched to being a half-price reciprocal April 21 ZOOpareNT zoo. Reciprocal zoo members visiting here will pay half-price ZooTunes Lineup

admission, and Woodland Park Zoo members will pay half-price Announcement Actual plush may vary. Remember, ZooParent adoptions make admission when visiting reciprocal zoos. (Please note that Woodland April 23 great gifts, even for yourself. Your support Park Zoo is not reciprocal with other Washington state zoos or ZooTunes Member Presale aquariums.) To view the full list of participating zoos, visit either zoostore to pick up today, as a ZooParent will fund the daily care and May 10 visit zoo.org/reciprocal. Mom & Me at the Zoo or adopt online at zoo.org/zooparent. feeding of all the zoo inhabitants, and $5 will Hurry! Offer expires April 30, 2014. be donated directly to the zoo’s conservation September 9 MEMBERSHIP CONTACT Zoofari Member * Recognition sign is updated every March with efforts at home and around the world. the previous calendar year’s donors. For questions, contact us at [email protected] or call 206.548.2400. Appreciation Evening

22 23 S 2014PRING CLA ZOO OVERNIGHT summer camps

AND EVENING See pg. 26-27 for camp listings grid. ADVENTURES Age Requirements: Ages listed for each camp indicate the age the child must be before the first day of camp. All Zoo Adventures include a pizza dinner and an exclusive after hours look at the zoo! See the zoo’s website at www.zoo.org/camps for full details. For the safety of the animals and Overnight Adventures also include a light participants, students will not have direct contact with the zoo’s animals. Children are assigned to breakfast. Zoo Adventures are offered March age appropriate groups. We cannot accommodate all “group with” requests. through November. Program runs rain or Dennis Dow , WPZ Ryan Hawk , WPZ shine so come prepared for any weather. Extended Day For all summer camps: Ages: 7 and up Mornings available Tuesday-Friday, 8:00-9:00 a.m. Fee per child: $28 Tuesday-Friday or $8/day EARLY CHILDHOOD PRESCHOOL AND SCOUT CLASSES Time: Overnight Adventures run 6:30 p.m.-9:30 a.m. Afternoons available Monday-Friday, 4:00-5:30 p.m. Fee per child: $50/week or $12/day CLASSES KINDERGARTEN Introducing a new Saturday morning class Evening Adventures run 6:30-10:00 p.m. just for scouts! Each class is designed to meet Fee: Prices range from $36-56/person, Kinder Camp Discoveries Day Camp Designed for parents/caregivers to attend PROGRAMS FOR scout award requirements for Girl Scout depending on program selected. with their children. SCHOOL GROUPS This program is ideal for children prior to Offered in partnership with Seattle Brownies, Girl Scout Juniors or Cub Scouts. For more information and to register, visit SS entering Kindergarten. Kindergartners are Children’s Theatre Drama School, See our website for class descriptions. See our website for more information at www.zoo.org/overnights. Questions? Bring your young learners to the zoo for a welcome to attend Kinder Camp, but may Discoveries Day camp offers a blend of fun-filled class including a guessing game with www.zoo.org/scoutclasses. Email [email protected] also want to explore Zooper Day Camp. theatrical and environmental education E WALKIN’ AND ROLLIN’ animal specimens and a short tour! Programs Age: 5-12 years Children must be fully potty trained. for children ages 5-7. See pg. 26-27 for Ages: Birth-18 months are 45 minutes long and available to Time: 10:00 a.m.-noon ADVENTURES FOR YOUR GROUP See pg. 26-27 for camp listings grid. camp listings grid. CA S AND www.zoo.org/education • 206.548.2424 www.zoo.org/education Time: 9:15-10:30 a.m. kindergartens, preschools, daycare centers,

Fee: $18/scout OF 22 OR MORE: Registration For Discoveries Day Camps Fee: $75/6-week session each adult/child pair and other groups of 10-18 children and one • Living Wild! 1134: Mar 15, Bugs (Girl Scout Brownies Badge) North End: Children will be based in is through Seattle Children’s Theatre and adult for every four children. Offered Sept.- • A Zookeeper’s Life for Me! 9114: Wednesdays, Feb 26-Apr 2 1214: Apr 12, Wildlife Conservation the carousel party rooms and from there begins Feb. 10, 2014.

P S April each year, please call for availability. (Cub Scout Belt Loop) • Stealthy Science: Research After Dark explore animals of the Northern Trail, To register, call 206.443.0807 Ext. 1186 or TINY TYKE TIME Ages: 3-6 years 1224: May 17, Animal Habitats Tropical Asia, Australia and more! Drop-off M Fee: $8.50 per person, includes admission go to www.sct.org/School/Classes. Ages: 18-36 months (Girl Scout Juniors Badge) ADVENTURES FOR INDIVIDUALS and pick-up for these sessions take place at Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m. WHO AM I? AND SMALL GROUPS: the zoo’s old North Entrance. MAGIZOOLOGY: Together we will Fee: $95/6-week session each adult/child pair • African Savanna BACKYARD HABITAT Jul 12: Stealthy Science: Research After Dark embark on adventures to feed dragons, • Family Farm South End: Children will discover the 9124: Thursdays, Mar 20-Apr 24 Aug 1: Living Wild! keep disappearing creatures in their CLASSES Aug 16: Stealthy Science wonders of the African Savanna, Tropical exhibits, and build a new home for a baby M Rain Forest and other exhibits on the chimera at our magical zoo. ZOO SPROUTS PARENTS’ Become a wildlife ambassador in your southern half of the zoo. Drop-off and

SCOUTS FOR ADVENTURE P S Each 3-class series covers a different variety NIGHT OUT own backyard! Please see our website pick-up for these sessions take place at the of zoo topics and areas. See the website for more details and to register at Multiple dates are available for small Education Center entrance near the zoo’s I SPY: As a secret agent, you will use your for class topics offered in each series at Kids will enjoy a fun-filled evening with zoo www.zoo.org/backyardhabitat. scout groups; information is available South Entrance. detective skills to track down a culprit and on our website. www.zoo.org/education/zoo_sprouts. staff inside Zoomazium while you enjoy a Fee: $25 per person solve a mystery of the animal kingdom! www.zoo.org/education • 206.548.2424

S AND CA night out on the town. Supervised activities Ages: 3-5 years 5144: Mar 20, 7:00p.m.-9:00p.m. Zooper Day Camp include games, an educational film, and a live E Time: 10:00-11:30 a.m. SPRING BREAK Zoo University (Zoo U) Fee: $75/3-week session each adult/child pair animal encounter, plus pizza for dinner! For children ages 4-9 years. We offer two CAMP themes so campers can attend one or two 3154: Thursdays, Feb 27-Mar 13 Ages: 4-11 years SENIOR PROGRAMS 10- to 14-year-olds study more advanced

SS weeks of Zooper Day Camp. If selecting two 3164: Wednesdays, Apr 9-23 Time: 5:30-10:00 p.m. Afternoon Extended Day is available subjects while playing topic-based games SENIOR CLASSES weeks, please pick only one of each theme. Fee: $30/child, $22 each additional sibling for all break camps. and making new friends at the zoo. If Join us for a brand new monthly class just for See pg. 26-27 for camp listings grid. selecting two weeks, please pick only one 4134: Saturday, Mar 8 seniors! Each class will include an educational of each theme. Group age offerings vary by 4214: Friday, Apr 4 ANIMAL SENSES presentation and an activity before heading on BIOCLIMATIC ZONES: Travel the world week. See pg. 26-27 for camp listings grid. grounds for a short zoo tour. Did you know a bear can smell food from two without ever leaving the zoo! Explore the miles away? Some animals can even detect BUG CLUB See our website for class descriptions at wonders of tropical forests, African savannas NATURAL HISTORY: Junior naturalists the magnetic fields of the earth! Each day we www.zoo.org/education/adult. and the far north! Learn what makes these unite! Focus on the natural history of zoo will focus on a different sense through crafts, Ages: 5-12 years areas and the animals that live there special. animals and how this knowledge impacts Time: 10:00-11:30 a.m., generally the first games, stories, tours and other fun activities. Time: 10:00 a.m.-noon, generally the fourth captive animal management and care. Sunday of every month Monday of every month Half-Day Session FIELD RESEARCH: Are you an explorer Fee: $55 per quarter plus a one-time $12 Fee: $20 Ages: 10-14 years Ages: 4-6 years at heart? Do you have a love for nature materials fee for new members 5134: Mar 3, In Like a Lion and a thirst for information? If you answered Fee: $170 BLOOD AND GUTS: Jump into the 5214: Apr 7, April Showers: Washington Wetlands “yes” to these questions then we want world of animal anatomy by studying body 5224: May 5, New to the Zoo: Cheetah! 6214: Apr 14-18, 9:00 a.m.-noon you for our field research program! Learn parts and systems of mammals, birds and Full-Day Session tricks of the trade and practice the skills reptiles. SENIOR ZOO WALKERS Ages: 5-9 years necessary to be a field researcher in the For individuals 55 and older, please Fee: $285 wild or your own backyard. Ages: 10-14 years 2014 CLA PRING 2014 see our website for information at 6224: Apr 14-18, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

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24 25 DATES CURRICULUM CLASS ID AGES TIMES TUITION DATES CURRICULUM CLASS ID AGES TIMES TUITION

7101N 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 7106N 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 S Kinder Camp: North End Kinder Camp: North End

7201N 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 7206N 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 U 7301S 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 7306S 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170

Kinder Camp: South End Kinder Camp: South End MM 7401S 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 7406S 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 7501A 4-6 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 7506B 4-6 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 June 23-27 Zooper: Bioclimatic Zones 7601A 4-6 yrs 1-4 p.m. $170 July 28-August 1 Zooper: Field Research 7606B 4-6 yrs 1-4 p.m. $170 2014ER CA 7701A 5-9 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 7706B 5-9 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 Before June 1st $300 Before June 1st $300 Discoveries Day Camp: I Spy Z02 5-7 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Discoveries Day Camp: Magizoology Z07 5-7 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. After June 1st $325 After June 1st $325 Zoo U: Natural History 8001 10-12 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $310 Zoo U: Natural History 8006 12-14 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $310 Zoo U: Blood and Guts 8501 10-12 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $310 Zoo U: Blood and Guts 8506 10-12 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $310 7102N 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $155 7107N 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 Kinder Camp: North End Kinder Camp: North End 7202N 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $255 7207N 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 7302S 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $155 7307S 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 Kinder Camp: South End Kinder Camp: South End 7402S 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $255 7407S 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 7502B 4-6 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $155 June 30-July 3 7507A 4-6 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 M No Class held July 4th Zooper: Field Research 7602B 4-6 yrs 1-4 p.m. $155 August 4-8 Zooper: Bioclimatic Zones 7607A 4-6 yrs 1-4 p.m. $170 7702B 5-9 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $255

7707A 5-9 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 P S CHEDULE Before June 1st $250 Discoveries Day Camp: Magizoology Z03 5-7 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Before June 1st $300 Discoveries Day Camp: I Spy Z08 5-7 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. After June 1st $275 After June 1st $325 Zoo U: Natural History 8002 10-12 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $280 Zoo U: Natural History 8007 10-12 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $310 Zoo U: Blood and Guts 8502 10-12 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $280 Zoo U: Blood and Guts 8507 12-14 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $310

www.zoo.org/education • 206.548.2424 www.zoo.org/education 7103N 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170

Kinder Camp: North End 7108N 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 7203N 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 Kinder Camp: North End 7208N 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 7303S 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 Kinder Camp: South End 7308S 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 7403S 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 Kinder Camp: South End 7408S 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 7503A 4-6 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 7508B 4-6 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 July 7-11 Zooper: Bioclimatic Zones 7603A 4-6 yrs 1-4 p.m. $170 August 11-15 Zooper: Field Research 7608B 4-6 yrs 1-4 p.m. $170 7703A 5-9 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 7708B 5-9 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 Before June 1st $300 Discoveries Day Camp: I Spy Z04 5-7 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Before June 1st $300 After June 1st $325 Discoveries Day Camp: Magizoology Z09 5-7 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. After June 1st $325

Zoo U: Natural History 8003 10-12 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $310

Zoo U: Natural History 8008 10-12 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $310 www.zoo.org/education • 206.548.2424 Zoo U: Blood and Guts 8503 12-14 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $310 7104N 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 Zoo U: Blood and Guts 8508 10-12 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $310 Kinder Camp: North End 7109N 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 7204N 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 Kinder Camp: North End 7304S 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 7209N 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 Kinder Camp: South End 7309S 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 P S CHEDULE 7404S 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 Kinder Camp: South End 7504B 4-6 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 7409S 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 M July 14-18 Zooper: Field Research 7604B 4-6 yrs 1-4 p.m. $170 7509A 4-6 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 7704B 5-9 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 August 18-22 Zooper: Bioclimatic Zones 7609A 4-6 yrs 1-4 p.m. $170 Before June 1st $300 7709A 5-9 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 Discoveries Day Camp: Magizoology Z05 5-7 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. After June 1st $325 Before June 1st $300 Discoveries Day Camp: I Spy Z10 5-7 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Zoo U: Natural History 8004 12-14 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $310 After June 1st $325 Zoo U: Blood and Guts 8504 10-12 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $310 Zoo U: Natural History 8009 10-12 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $310 7105N 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 Zoo U: Blood and Guts 8509 10-12 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $310 Kinder Camp: North End 7205N 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 7110N 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 Kinder Camp: North End 7305S 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 7210N 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 Kinder Camp: South End 7405S 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 7310S 3-4 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 Kinder Camp: South End 2014 CA ER 2014 7505A 4-6 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 7410S 4-5 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 July 21-25 Zooper: Bioclimatic Zones 7605A 4-6 yrs 1-4 p.m. $170 7510B 4-6 yrs 9 a.m.-noon $170 7705A 5-9 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 August 25-29 Zooper: Field Research 7610B 4-6 yrs 1-4 p.m. $170 Before June 1st $300 MM Discoveries Day Camp: I Spy Z06 5-7 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 7710B 5-9 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $285 After June 1st $325 Before June 1st $300

U Discoveries Day Camp: Magizoology Z11 5-7 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Zoo U: Natural History 8005 10-12 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $310 After June 1st $325

S Zoo U: Blood and Guts 8505 12-14 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $310 Zoo U: Natural History 8010 10-12 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $310 Zoo U: Blood and Guts 8510 10-12 yrs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $310 26 Please see our website for complete class descriptions and to register. 27 s DETRITIVORES La cucaracha el reciclador! (Cockroach the Nature’s Rad Recyclers! recycler !) id Scavengers and decomposers are nature’s key to Vultures are truly awesome Cockroaches are omnivorous scavengers. Unlike most other recycling! Scavengers help break down organic recyclers, eating almost Cockroaches have special digestive material into tiny pieces, which can then be digested birds, vultures can eat rotten anything they can find and systems that convert waste into easily-absorbed nutrients! K meat and not get sick. breaking down organic matter. by decomposers who turn the material back into Zoo nutrients, nutrients that can then be used again by other plants and animals...whew! ges 6-10 Turkey vultures can A eat up to 111 pounds A turkey vulture

MY of carrion is sometimes called a (dead Consumers meat) a year! buzzard, a nickname Herbivores for these birds. Ryan Hawk , WPZ

Modoc, or “Mo” as Producers our raptor keepers call him, is our resident turkey vulture. His Too! Consumers nose can detect food Recycles Carnivores over a mile away! Nature Dennis Dow , WPZ Dennis Dow , WPZ Sun Rain Detritivores These vultures have so that Soil When turkey vultures are dihedral wings, which 1 Vultures are bald Wind threatened, they might roll over form a V-shape and help they can reach deep inside and play dead, but sometimes them soar close to the a carcass to rip apart the they puke up a nasty-smelling earth on thermal drafts. meat without getting any vomit as a defense! feathers dirty.

2 3 VULture vocab! Hop aboard the Fender Blender! What is that crazy contraption in the African Village? Use the clues on this page to solve the crossword. 4 That is our ultra-sustainable, specially-made stationary Down Across bike that powers a food processor, blending wet, 1. Nickname for vulture 4. V-shape formed recycled zoo maps into a pulp as part of our summer by wings 5 elephant poo papermaking program. We’ve 2. Turkey vultures’ favorite treat If you spot 3. A featherless head 5. Turkey vultures’ removed electricity from the blending process the fender blender secret weapon by relying on the power of human energy! in the Banda Hut, ask us for a ride! 28 29 Dennis Dow , WPZ s RECYCLE How do FT! CRA Bring on the you keep

id Rain Showers! warm Celebrate our precious natural resource, in the

K rainfall, with a recycled rain stick!

Zoo winter?

Take a piece of aluminum foil

ges 3-5 1 These animals all live (about 25 inches) and twist it up A Rain sticks make to create a spiral. in places where it might a sound like 2 Cut out a circle from a magazine— snow. They need to keep MY a rain shower. a little larger than the opening of warm when it gets chilly. your tube. Wrap the circle over the Kirsten Pisto, WPZ end of your tube and secure with a rubber band. Can you pretend to be... 3 Put the aluminum spiral into the THINGS YOU 1. A Japanese serow other end of your tube. Now pour that has thick fur in a half cup of flax seeds, popcorn WILL NEED kernels or pine needles (you can • Empty paper towel tube 2. A red panda with use almost any small grain or a bushy tail bean, even rice). • Flax seed, popcorn kernels or pine needles 3. A wolf who snuggles 4 Now make another cap to seal the other end of your tube. • Old aluminum foil up in a cave to make a spiral 4. A snowy owl who eats 5 Get creative! You can decorate your • Glue and scissors lots of fatty foods rain stick with markers or stickers if you like, or just turn it over and enjoy • 2 strong rubber bands 5. A river otter who burrows listening to the rain fall! • Paint, markers or in the warm ground stickers for decorating 6. A snow leopard with huge • Recycled magazine paws to use like snowshoes or old wrapping paper All Photos: Dennis Dow , WPZ • Scraps of ribbon, lost buttons or glitter Did you know? Just Hey, parents! for laughs! Cheetahs are the fastest land While your kids are puttingow can Why don’t the patas monkeys together the rain stick, ask them - mammals on earth? They can run like to play cards on the about their own water use. H grassy plains? your family help preserve fresh water up to 63 mph – as fast as a car! B sources and reduce water consump ecause there are A pair of cheetahs is coming to the zoo this too many cheetahs! tion? Can they tell a story about why May. We are really excited, how about you? rain is so importantand people? to animals 3131 30 Kirsten Pisto, WPZ Grahm S. Jones , Columbus Zoo and Aquarium WOODLAND PARK ZOO 601 North 59th Street, Seattle, Washington 98103-5858 Periodicals Postage FPO PAID USPS 019-056

BUNNY BOUNCE

Hop, skip and jump to the 13 TH annual Bunny Bounce SATURDAY, APRIL 19 9:30 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.

Fun for the whole family including egg hunts for ages 1 to 8, crafts, bunny encounters, and eggs-citing zoo programs throughout the day. All activities are free with zoo admission or membership.

Visit www.zoo.org or call 206.548.2500 for more information and egg hunt times.