You’re Invited to celebrate International Vulture Awareness Day at the Birmingham Zoo on Saturday, September 3 from 10am-1pm. Vultures are an ecologically vital group of birds that face a range of threats in many areas that they occur. Populations of many species are under pressure and some species are facing extinction. The Birmingham Zoo currently has 3 of the world’s 23 species of vultures. Enjoy this exciting day and learn how you can help vultures and about the important role vultures play in our ecosystem.

Schedule of Activities

10:00 am – 1:00 pm : Activity booth by the Zoo’s front entrance
10:30 am White-backed vulture keeper chat and “carcass” feeding in the Kori Kountry
10:45 am – 12:15 pm Vulture Vomit Making and Upchuck Chuck at the Kiwanis Giraffe Encounter
11:00 am Cinereous Vulture Keeper Chat and “carcass” feeding
12:30 pm Black Vulture Keeper Chat with Wakinyan in the Children’s Zoo Activity Yard