I think so. It was when I was there last time (in August 2013). Being in the second part of the free flights hall / Freiflughalle (arranged on the sea shore). This is the last of a group of 4 birds that came to Walsrode in 1999.
An interesting species indeed, I haven't heard of it before. Were they wild caught birds? They (apart from this bird) don't appear to have lasted particularly long at Walsrode - I imagine cormorants can live much longer than 15 years?
The vast majority of the guano deposits on offshore islands which were heavily mined by Peru in the "Guano Era" which marked a great increase in the prosperity and stability of the country in the mid 19th Century was produced by this species; hence the colloquial name Guanay.
The vast majority of the guano deposits on offshore islands which were heavily mined by Peru in the "Guano Era" which marked a great increase in the prosperity and stability of the country in the mid 19th Century was produced by this species; hence the colloquial name Guanay.
Very cool. I've seen a few documentaries about that area, or at least the mainland coast, and the masses of guano, but didn't realise cormorants contributed greatly to them, thought it was just penguins and sea birds.
The last Guanay Cormorant outside of South America is now the lone animal kept at the Bronx Zoo. Unfortunately, I doubt that bird will be around for too much longer. Until a year or two ago they had a pair of these cool birds.
