Birds of Tracy Aviary

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Across
  1. 2. Eastern and Western
  2. 5. As part of their mating ritual, these birds paint themselves with clay
  3. 7. Tracy Aviary’s first curator helped conserve this species of swan, which is now incorporated into our logo
  4. 8. Actually a quite colorful bird with orange-yellow on its face, turquoise eyes, and bright blue mouth lining
  5. 10. Nests underground in tunnels 5-14 feet long
  6. 13. King, turkey, and black
  7. 15. The fastest bird
  8. 17. Most expensive spice + songbird
  9. 18. The oldest bird at Tracy Aviary; shares a home island with the extinct dodo
  10. 22. A local relative of this species is the belted kingfisher
  11. 24. Bird show star species most closely related to the T. rex
  12. 26. Hatched at Tracy Aviary, colloquially known as “The Pink Ladies”
  13. 27. Probably the most playful species at Tracy Aviary
  14. 28. Native to South America; nests on mud mounds
  15. 29. This birds’ beak turns upward, an adaptation to help it survive in wetlands
Down
  1. 1. Native wild bird often observed at Tracy Aviary; not singers, but drummers
  2. 3. Wild bird of prey species often seen flying around Tracy Aviary and Liberty Park
  3. 4. Not dead, just sunbathing
  4. 6. One of our three conservation projects supported by admission fees; this one local to Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Colombia
  5. 9. One of our three conservation projects supported by admission fees; this species is one of the best examples of lekking
  6. 11. This scientist and author identified wide-spread application of DDT as the reason bald eagle populations were decreasing
  7. 12. Our Conservation Department studies broad-tailed ______ in the foothills of Salt Lake City
  8. 14. Cavity nesters native to Africa; Tracy Aviary is home to both species
  9. 16. Mountain and black-capped
  10. 19. Lay some of the most beautiful eggs - from near black to purple to light green and even red
  11. 20. One of two birds in Tracy Aviary’s collection that is extinct in the wild
  12. 21. Largest bird at Tracy Aviary
  13. 23. The smallest species of owl in our collection; also found on Antelope Island
  14. 25. Andy, the Andean condor, is an ambassador for this other condor species found in southern Utah