10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently proposed reintroducing California Condors in the Pacific Northwest. Although sometimes thought of a bird of the Southwest, the condor’s historical range reaches as far north as British Columbia. But condors have not been in the Pacific Northwest for more than a century.

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California Condor California Endangered Species Oregon 221

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2017

As many birders know, the last wild California Condors were captured by the U.S. Audubon thought there should be some wild condors to serve as “guide birds” for condors that would eventually be released from the captive breeding program. Photos : California Condors 1 , 2 , 3 by Pacific Southwest Region USFWS.

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California Condor California District of Columbia Utah 106

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

Osborn, a passionate field biologist who participates to the core of her being three re-introduction projects aimed at saving three very different, endangered species: Peregrine Falcon, Hawaiian Crow (‘Alala)*, and California Condor. This is the chapter where Osborn talks about “second chances.”

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California Condor Falcons California Birds 176

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

Several endangered species are (or have been) highly dependent on specific tracts of federal land. California Condors rely on Pinnacles , Grand Canyon , and Zion national parks, as well as Bitter Creek and Hopper Mountain NWRs. For example, Whooping Cranes winter almost exclusively at Aransas NWR in Texas.

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Virgin Islands Alaska United States Endangered Species 209

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Before the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), there was the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966. endangered species was issued on March 11, 1967, under the earlier law, and those listings were ultimately grandfathered into the ESA. California Condor – Gymnogyps californianus.

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California Condor Endangered Species Bald Eagle Parrots 102

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2016

In terms of coloration, National Geographic describes the Andean Condors as “mostly black, but males have a distinctive white ‘collar’ around their necks and some white markings on their wings as well. Like their relatives, the California condors, Andean condors have bald heads.”

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California Condor Livestock Endangered Species Killing 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

such as California Condors and Passenger Pigeons. Endangered Species List, giving it free reign to wander and populate North America in ever increasing numbers, including a nest on the ledge of the U.S. Author Sherrida Woodley thinks deeply about dearly departed birds. And grow they did.

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 178