OAKLAND — An endangered hooded vulture escaped from the Oakland zoo aviary that was destroyed after an enormous tree fell on it throughout a storm. However the fowl has remained on zoo grounds, and officers had been working Thursday to entice it again.
The male hooded vulture and 5 different unique birds, together with two pied crows and three very good starlings, flew out from the aviary on the Oakland Zoo on Tuesday amid a wind-packed storm that pummeled the Bay Space, zoo spokeswoman Erin Dogan mentioned.
However the birds stayed on zoo grounds, and a staff of at the least 12 zoo staff armed with binoculars, nets, and crates has already recovered the three starlings, Dogan mentioned.
“They're selecting to remain close to the zoo and close to the aviary as a result of evidently’s the place they really feel protected,” she mentioned.
The staff has been working since Tuesday to entice the vulture with useless rats and the crows with mealworms to entice them and produce them again to security, she mentioned.
All of the birds hatched in captivity, and it’s not clear if they might know the way to survive exterior the zoo, Dogan mentioned.
“These are all birds that had been raised in human care, in order that they haven’t needed to fend for themselves,” she mentioned.
None of those birds are birds of prey, and they aren't a menace to different animals or folks, Dogan mentioned.