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For me, it feels like spring has finally arrived when the birds move back into the Lorikeet Glen aviary. During the colder months, they are housed in a fully-enclosed and heated aviary at our zoo building. The majority of the inhabitants are lorikeets, but there are different varieties of these exotic birds.

Busch Gardens is partnering with An Achievable Dream (AAD) (http://www.achievabledream.org) in supporting the vision that every child deserves the opportunity to accomplish their dreams. AAD is a nonprofit, year-round, extended day public school based in Newport News, Va. born out of the belief that all children can learn and succeed regardless of their socio-economic backgrounds and that education can break the cycle of poverty.

Water Country USA opens this weekend and we’re ecstatic. People always ask me what it takes to open the park. We have been busy the past few months on the Park Operations side. We button up the park pretty well in September and then spend the spring bringing it all back out.

We clean every tower that you walk up to ride down your favorite ride. Every lounge chair and trash can is cleaned and placed back out in the park. The large family rafts are scrubbed and taken back out to Aquazoid, Big Daddy Falls, and Meltdown.