California Condor Conservation
Wild-hatched Chicks Add to Growing Flock of California Condors
The Peregrine Fund
BOISE, Idaho - Two California Condor chicks fledged from their nests in the Grand Canyon in December, bringing the world’s population of endangered California Condors now flying free in the wild to 169. This is the first year that there are more condors flying free than are in captivity for breeding purposes.
“This shows [...]
Biologists Locate Dead Condor Chick in Big Sur
Biologists from Ventana Wildlife Society’s condor recovery project in Big Sur made a grim discovery on Sunday, Dec. 21. They found the lifeless body of a wild California Condor chick lying in thick brush beneath a tall stand of redwoods, only one half mile from it’s coastal nest site. The wild male chick, known as [...]
23Dec2008 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedName that Bird!
by Ron Webb
We get many questions regarding the names (or ID’s) of California condors. “What’s that one’s name?” “What language is it and what does it mean?” “Why did the one I saw at the Grand Canyon have a number instead of a name?” For all intents and purposes, it really doesn’t matter what we [...]
New Condor Exhibit Taking Shape
Construction on the Santa Barbara Zoo’s new California Trails exhibit complex is well underway and some areas of the Zoo have already reopened, including the boardwalk, restrooms, and a portion of the hilltop. Visitors can actually watch the new exhibits take shape from the boardwalk and from a new circular “North America Landing” area near [...]
18Nov2008 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedCalifornia Condors to Released into the Wild Nov. 1
A wonderful experience awaits bird lovers. Two juvenile California condors will be released at Pinnacles National Monument in Monterey County at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 1. The public can witness the first free flight of these birds from a viewing area located approximately three-quarters of a mile from the release site. Even if you’ve [...]
29Oct2008 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedFirst Look at Miracle Condor Chick
October 8, 2008 by Yadira Galindo
High on the top of a burnt redwood tree sits a nest large enough to hold a California condor. The tree lays in the path of this summer’s devastating wildfire that scorched thousands of acres in Big Sur, California, and in this case condor territory. The fire threatened the [...]
Lead Claims Another Condor
by Yadira Galindo
Condor No. 336 died of lead poisoning in September despite the efforts of wildlife biologists to save the 4-year-old bird. The loss of this bird to lead poisoning is tragic as she was just about to reach breeding age. The loss of even one California condor, when the population is just a [...]
2Oct2008 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedSan Diego Zoo Donates to Condor Fire Relief Fund
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AUGUST 22, 2008
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PRESS RELEASE
MISSING WILD CONDOR WAS FROM SAN DIEGO ZOOS WILD ANIMAL PARK
BIG SUR, CALIF. — This week the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park curator of birds delivered a $10,000 check to aid the Ventana Wildlife Society in its recovery from [...]
California condors to find new home in Santa Barbara
California Condor Conservation
The Santa Barbara Zoo will become only the second United States zoo where the public can view the critically endangered California condor on exhibit. Santa Barbara will join the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park which has been exhibiting the California condor since the year 2000.
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2Aug2008 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedOn a Wing and a Prayer
California Condor Conservation
With a wingspan of up to 9 1/2 feet and its penchant for soaring, there is no denying the majesty and grace of the California condor. They are symbolic of the San Diego Zoo’s conservation efforts and bi-national partnerships. Soaring silently over the landscape, condors remind us of the profound beauty and [...]