marabou stork babies – Dina's Wildlife Adventures

In early March I made a trip to Zoo Tampa hoping to see baby Marabou storks. I was a few weeks late. There was only one and he was pretty grown up but still that “baby” cute.

Shoebill storks were building a nest. These guys are difficult to breed and the only one born in the USA was here in 2009. Here’s to a hopeful nest.

Fun birds in the aviaries.

Yummy lettuce for breakfast.

A rare colobus monkey was born in early December.

The gibbons had 2 young ones. They are everyone’s favorite animals, watching them swing around and you can hear them hooting all over the zoo. Their pouch under the chin swells when they are hooting.

I took so many videos of them in action. Turn up the volume to hear their call.

Zooming in on the marabou stork babies at Zoo Tampa (formerly Lowry Park Zoo). They are born looking like old birds. Reminds me of the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button where Benjamin ages in reverse and is born an old person and then turns young. Only these birds look old their entire lives.

A new baby out in the African exhibit staying close to Mom.

The fuzzy white thing is a baby Colobus monkey. So cute and easy to spot. The keeper said that the entire group helps raise the baby so the baby was comfortable moving around with all of them.