Beardsley Zoo



As I’m sure you have probably seen by now, I have written about many places that I enjoy going to in Connecticut, and today I am going to write about another one. One of my favorite places to go to in Bridgeport is the Beardsley Zoo, which is relatively large and has many cool animals. It also has a carousel, a café, a gift shop, and one of the largest greenhouses in the state of Connecticut. 

At the entrance of the zoo is a pair of Andean Condors, along with free-roaming Indian peafowl, West African helmeted guineafowl, and wild turkeys. There is also a greenhouse that has water that is home to several different koi. From there, the zoo is divided into nine exhibits. The first of these is the Rainforest Building, which is an indoor exhibit. It is home to many animals from tropical South America, such as a Brazilian ocelot, which is a spotted wild cat, a black howler monkey, a white-faced saki monkey, a golden lion tamarin monkey, a Goeldi’s monkey, a Hoffman’s two-toed sloth, a Brazilian agouti, a common vampire bat, a scarlet ibis, a Yacare caiman alligator, a red-tailed boa, a Hispaniolan slider turtle, an Amazon milk frog, a boat-billed heron, a poison dart frog, and some spider monkeys, which live in a habitat that allows them to go outside.

The next exhibit is Predators, which is a row of enclosures that features Amur tigers and Amur leopards. This exhibit also used to have a Canada lynx and an Andean bear.

The next exhibit is Alligator Alley, which features animals from the Southeastern United States, such as a grey fox, North American river otters, a bald eagle, a sandhill crane, and an American alligator. This exhibit also has a walk-through aviary that is home to several small birds and turtles. 

The next exhibit is Hoofstock Trail, which features animals native to the Great Plains. These include Plains bison, a pronghorn, which is an American antelope, a white-tailed deer, several black-tailed prairie dogs, turkey vultures, and a barred owl.

The next exhibit is New England Farmyard, which features a variety of farm animals that originated in New England and species that might be found in rural Connecticut. These include a Dexter cattle, a llama, a Guinea hog, a Cotswold sheep, several breeds of goat, a feral cat, domestic rabbit, and various chicken, goose, and duck breeds. It also has wild animals like a North American porcupine, a great horned owl, a snowy owl, an American barn owl, a common raven, a tundra swan, a cackling goose, and a diamondback terrapin. 

The next exhibit is one that features Mexican wolves and a red wolf. There is also a small building between the two species that doubles as an observation building and a learning facility. 

The next exhibit is the Native Reptile House, which is a small wooden building that features various species of reptiles and amphibians that are native to Connecticut. These include several different species of snakes, turtles, and frogs. 

The next exhibit is Professor Beardsley’s Research Station, which is not always open to the public and is used mainly as an education center and is home to some of the zoo’s education animals, such as a European legless lizard, a bullsnake, eastern hellbenders, and the building is also where the zoo raises brook trout to be released into the wild. 

The next exhibit Pampas Plains, which is described as being phase one of the zoo’s “South American Adventure.” It also has a raised walkway to allow for better viewing of the animals, which include manned wolves, giant anteaters, Chacoan peccaries, and greater rheas.

The last exhibit is the Natt Family Red Panda Habitat. It is home to two western red pandas and gives them space to roam and play, and it also has two viewing areas for visitors. 

Some upcoming events at the zoo include a discussion about farmyard animals on April 5, National Zoo Lovers Day on April 8, Beardsley Park clean-up on April 20 and 21, World Otter Day on May 29, Wild Wine, Beer & Food Safari on June 1, the Skyhunters in Flight show every weekend from June 15 to September 2, and World Rainforest Day on June 22.

Tickets can be purchased on the zoo’s website, so go ahead and go enjoy one of the highlights of the state of Connecticut.


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