The 15 Humboldt penguins that reside at the Milwaukee County Zoo are settling into their new digs.
Among the highlights of the recently completed at $5 million renovation to the penguin habitat, situated just inside the zoo’s main entrance, is the tripling of the size of the pool to 30,000 gallons along with larger viewing windows.
Handrails that had partially blocked the main window have been removed to allow “nose-to-beak” interactions between the penguins and visitors, said Alex Waier, the Zoo’s curator of birds for the past 17 years.
The project also included a major upgrade in the pool’s water filtration system. A pair of large sand filters have quadrupled the filtration capabilities of the exhibit, he said…