[obol] "Chinese" Cormorant

[Jeff Gilligan]

Wow - what complete garbage on Public Broadcasting.  The Double-crested
Cormorant is native to the American west.  Double-crested Cormorants don't
occur in China (unless Chinese mariners taken there as pets and release them
- I'm joking).  Jeff Gilligan, Portland.


On 3/18/08 1:37 PM, "Barbara & John Woodhouse" <jbw at oregoncoast.com> wrote:

> Two days ago, during a radio discussion on Public Broadcasting, one
> of the speakers referred to the possibility of predation of salmon on
> the Sacramento River in CA by a number of agents. In the list he
> gave, he mentioned the "Chinese Cormorant". What is this bird that he
> referred to? I have looked in the fattest books on birds that I have
> and am unable to find reference to it. My interest was aroused
> because I had heard the name used about 10 years ago. At that time
> the speaker told me that the Double-crested Cormorant was a Chinese
> Cormorant, introduced to these waters, .... At that time I thought
> the idea a bit far-fetched and dismissed it. Is there an explanation
> for this name?
> 
> No, this is not April 1; close, but not!
> 
> John Woodhouse
> Tillamook
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