I m surprised noone posted it yet, but Walsrode will open a BoP house this year with four species on display (12 wired, king, res and ragiana)
Are there any more details about this? When this year will it be opening? Because I see a trip for me to Walsrode coming when it's open...
The park will open this weekend and my guess is that the new building will be open, but we will have to see what the first visitors will post. Last year we had a nice discussion on the crested ibis which in the end was a no-show.
Walsrode addes a photo from the new bird-of-paradise aviaries, when the weather is warm enough, the bop will be visible outside: https://www.facebook.com/Weltvogelpark/photos/pcb.921984761187823/921984354521197/?type=1&theater
Looks great! Does that mean that there is also indoor viewing available or does it have to be good weather to see the BoP?
White-winged trumpeters (Psophia leucoptera) and Flame-faced tanager (Tangara parzudakii) are now on show at the park. Any other new species?
does anyone know how the horned screamers are doing at Walsrode? Are they on display, breeding? And do they still have cloven-feathered dove? They got a pair in early 2012, but in 2013 only had a male (judging by photos on here).
I do not think the horned screamers are on display, otherwise it would have been mentioned on a germon zooforum...
I was not aware of them having a pair of the cloven-feathered dove... I have only ever seen photos of the male.
when it was first mentioned on Zoochat the news was that they had obtained "a couple" of birds (which I interpreted as being a pair rather than just two individuals - that may have been incorrect). But I have only seen photos of the male also, and on one of them (on Zoochat) Maguari said they only seemed to have the one bird. Post #27 here, from March 2012: http://www.zoochat.com/109/news-weltvogelpark-walsrode-245326/index2.html
Wonder where I got that information from... Must have been from the german zoo forum. I'm pretty sure it said more then one at the time, but it could be I misinterpreted the german forum. Or the person posting the news in the first place could have been wrong.
Visited Walsrode yesterday, here are some of my findings: 5 Pheasantry-style exhibits have been build for the birds of paradise. 2 are occupied by a single male 12-wired BoP, 2 by a single male King BoP and one by a male Raggi's. Normally, the animals have a choice wether to stay inside out of sight, or go outside. Yesterday, because of the warm weather, the Raggi's BoP and for a few hours the King BoP were shut outside. The Raggi's BoP wasn't on colour, it was a rather drab male. I don't know wether that's season or perhaps it was an inmature animal. Both the Kings are on colour but seemed shy and nervous. They preferred to stay inside and once shut outside, mostly remained in the shadows and behind the bushes. But once in view, they are a spectacular sight to (even though for a few seconds tops), behold. In the "Tropenhalle" there was only a single male 12-wired BoP on show, probably male "Von Dyke". It also had a sign saying 2 chicks hatched. Since there are 2 males on show in the aviary's, I wonder wether these are the 2 chicks or if they acquired more specimens. Other notable species: - Long-wattled umbrellabird (single animal, probably the one from NoP Oerle NL) - Couple of Guianan CotR - Single male red CotR - Sickle-billed vanga was back on show - One of the red-necked cassowaries has made room for the Bennet Cassowary - Many golden-headed quetzals on show, at least one male on colour - Asiatic (lesser) adjutant on show - Storms' stork on show - Green-tailed trainbearer, sparklink violetear and amazilia's on show And also about 30 to 40 other species that are seen nowhere else in the world... A small new path was created to a new "behind the scenes" set of aviaries. From the path to these aviaries, you could see the horned screamers in one of the existing "behind the scenes" aviaries. Most notable absences: - Not a single montezuma oropendola seen or heared during the day. Frustratingly only a african gray parrot mimicking an oropendola call - No cormorants in the coast-aviary (so also no Guanay cormorant) - No Asiatic open-billed storks on display We had another spectacular day. If there are any questions, fire away
In approximately two weeks time I will be visiting Weltvogelpark Walsrode for a full day (as well as a couple of other places). Does anyone have any general advice for doing this collection? Also, will one day (from opening to closing) be enough to see the place properly? I will not be able to get two days but if I pester my parents enough I might be able to spend 3-4 hours the next morning seeing any bits I miss before we drive to Amsterdam. Finally, one of my main targets when I am there will be seeing the Birds of Paradise and since I like to obsessively plan my visits to zoos (with specific time allocations in each section and route plans, I'm weird, I know) could anyone tell me where they are on the map? Park map - Weltvogelpark Walsrode Thank you if anyone helps, I am very excited to hopefully see hundreds of amazing birds!
Walsrode is one of the great world zoos. You can see it in a day - but you will need to cut corners and rush a little. If you can spend longer there, then do so! It's a straightforward place to find your way around - just follow the recommended route - but.... 1. Make sure you spend a lot of time in the walk-through tropical house - simply loads to see. 2. The show is very good indeed and worth watching, even if normally you wouldn't bother with such things. 3. The restaurant - which is very good, btw - has two aviaries within, each of which contains real treats. Miss at your peril!
In the Indonesian tropical house, stay near feeders for 20 minutes each. Best feeders are near birds of paradise at the far end. Second best are the ones to the right as you enter the hall. It is the only way to see all free-flying birds, not all of them labelled. There is also second tropical house near the lorikeets. Otherwise, you may need to walk along main aviaries twice or three times to see everything outside the winter accommodation. It is big zoo and seeing everything really needs coordination. But you can do it in few hours.
