Today at the birdhouse, I was in charge of the birds in the West wing of the birdhouse. I noticed the horned guans acting interesting this morning. The male was chasing the female about the exhibit. He was doing so to the point of both their exhaustion. I believe they stopped a couple of times but only to catch their breath. He was also outside of the exhibit twice. I am not sure what had him to the point of leaving the exhibit, maybe she was fighting back, but I didn't see anything in particular. He was very persistent and she did not want anything of it. However, later in the day, as I have also observed before, the female will approach the male and attempt to preen him. He does not seem to accept this and usually starts taking steps in the opposite direction of her. It is interesting to see the different behaviors.
I can't say that anything else extraordinary occurred today. I helped hose the pool in the flight cage and spent time on some tasks that simply needed to be done: removing wires, throwing out an old board and foliage, cutting new bamboo, cleaning exhibits etc.
I did find a tinamou egg in exhibit 23. Their eggs are bright green.
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