Animal Updates | Birds | Penguins | Enrichment
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Penguin Party! | Dominique 
We threw the penguins a party! While it’s breeding season for the penguins, not all of them are stuck at home in their nest box. We planned a bright and colorful enrichment session for a few of the penguins, not currently preoccupied with nesting.
Animal Updates | Birds | Enrichment
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Musical Magpie | Dominique
The Aquarium’s magpie Ian seems to like making noise and tapping out a beat with his beak. We gave him a toy piano to see if he could turn the beat into music.
Animal Updates | Reptiles | Enrichment
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
One Smoothie, with a Cricket Boost! | Dominique
The otters like smoothies. The lorikeets like smoothies. Why not some of our other animals? Enrichment Intern AnnMarie makes a smoothie for our bearded dragon!
Animal Updates | Birds | Enrichment
Tuesday, March 04, 2014
Simply Enriching | Dominique
Not all enrichment devices have to be complicated puzzles or handcrafted toys. Sometimes simple things can bring great satisfaction.
Animal Updates | Mammals | Enrichment
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Reflections of a Seal Pup | Dominique
What will a seal or sea lion do when they see themselves in a mirror? Do they know they’re looking at themselves? Do they think they’ve met another animal? Enrichment Intern AnnMarie presented our seals and sea lions with their reflections to see how they would respond.
Animal Updates | Birds | Enrichment
Tuesday, February 04, 2014
Early Birds Get the Worms | Dominique
Some enrichments are so intriguing, everyone wants to use them. I built a feeding enrichment full of worms for some of the foraging shorebirds. It brought in not just the shorebirds, but even the ducks… though they were a little late to the party. And you know what they say: “the early bird gets the worm.”
Animal Updates | Reptiles | Enrichment
Tuesday, January 07, 2014
Sniffing Around | Dominique
How do you enrich a reptile? After seeing enrichment for birds and mammals some people are curious about enrichment for our other animals. Enrichment Intern AnnMarie uses scent to intrigue and entice our California Desert Tortoise.
Animal Updates | Birds | Enrichment
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Different Strokes for Different Birds | Dominique
Even when enrichments don’t work out the way people want them to, the animals still have fun!
Animal Updates | Birds | Mammals | Enrichment
Monday, December 09, 2013
Delivering Holiday Treats to the Animals | Dominique
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Check out the enrichment items and treats our animals got during this year’s Holiday Treats Festival! Both animals and humans had so much fun!
Animal Updates | Enrichment
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Preparing for Holiday Treats! | Dominique
What does it take to prepare holiday treats for all of the animals in the Aquarium?
