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On Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, the Zoo’s Humboldt penguins will be taking over the duties for the annual weather prediction on Groundhog Day. Check out our feathered friends’ forecast! The Zoo’s most recent groundhog, Gordy, passed away in 2023; the Zoo’s animal care staff is in the process of acquiring another groundhog to add to the population. Okay campers, rise and shine! Put on your booties because it’s cooold out there. That’s right, it’s Groundhog Day! Milwaukee's celebrating a little bit differently this year. In lieu of a fine, furry marmot psychic, the Milwaukee County Zoo will turn to a species of flightless birds, the mighty penguin, to tell us whether to expect an early spring, or hunker down for six more weeks of In the 1980s, the Milwaukee County Zoo had a pair of groundhogs, also known as woodchucks, named Woodie and Woodine. But she took part in the zoo's Groundhog Day events from 2010 to 2017 02feb9:00 am Groundhog Day Virtual Event Event Details Whether Gordy the groundhog predicts an early spring or six more weeks of winter, we predict he will be cute this Groundhog Day. In 2018, Journal Sentinel columnist Jim Stingl wrote that an actual groundhog had represented the zoo in its annual Groundhog Day celebration for the 37 years prior to 2018, except in 2011 when For the second year in a row, there will be no groundhog appearance at the Milwaukee County Zoo's annual Groundhog Day celebration. That's because Gordy, the zoo's nearly-5-year-old resident This tradition, steeped in folklore, suggests that if the groundhog sees its shadow upon emerging from its burrow, we’re in for six more weeks of winter. But at the Milwaukee County Zoo, Groundhog Day 2024 took a delightful detour from tradition, opting for a flippered forecaster instead – the charming Humboldt penguin. When Gordy, the Milwaukee County Zoo's resident groundhog, died in March 2023 just weeks after predicting an early spring at the annual Groundhog Day ceremony, many Milwaukeeans were surprised. Following the death of Gordy the Gopher, the Milwaukee County Zoo will rely on a Humboldt Penguin to gauge the coming of spring this year on Groundhog Day, which in Milwaukee should be known as The event will happen privately before the Milwaukee County Zoo opens, but images will be available on social media after 9:15 a.m. on Friday, February 2nd. Groundhog Day without the groundhog? This year, the zoo’s Nigerian dwarf goats will take over for the weather prediction duties for their annual Groundhog Day ceremony on Sunday, February 2 at 9:00 a.m. CST. Humboldt penguins announce an early spring as they take the place of Gordy the groundhog for the annual Groundhog Day ceremony at the Milwaukee County Zoo on Feb. 2, 2024. The Milwaukee County Zoo's Nigerian dwarf goats will take over Groundhog Day weather prediction duties this year. The zoo's most recent groundhog, Gordy, passed away in 2023. Last year, the zoo's Milwaukee County Zoo Director Amos Morris, left, and Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, right, make opening remarks at the annual Groundhog Day ceremony, this year with Humboldt penguins On Thursday, Feb. 2, Gordy, Milwaukee County Zoo's resident groundhog, will make his annual Groundhog Day prediction in an online-only ceremony that will be livestreamed on the zoo's Facebook page A groundhog typically makes the prediction at the zoo's annual Groundhog Day ceremony. However, Gordy — the groundhog who had been making the zoo's predictions since 2019 — died about a month Goats, not groundhogs, will search for an early spring at the Milwaukee County Zoo next month.The zoo says its Nigerian dwarf goats will make the traditional Groundhog Day prediction on Feb. 2. The Milwaukee County Zoo kind of stood on tradition last year. The zoo wasn’t able to get a new woodchuck before Feb. 2, 2018, after its previous groundhog, Wynter (not a typo, its parents were hipsters), died at the ripe old age of 9 in 2017. So, Snow Lilly — a 550-pound polar bear — filled in on Groundhog Day. The Milwaukee County Zoo's penguins took over Groundhog Day prediction duties. Gordy the groundhog passed away last year. #milwaukee #zoo #animals Subscribe Groundhog Day Ceremony 2021. Like. Comment. Share. 944 Milwaukee County Zoo replied
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