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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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10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

California Condors rely on Pinnacles , Grand Canyon , and Zion national parks, as well as Bitter Creek and Hopper Mountain NWRs. Thus, legal protections for endangered species and conservation generally are at their zenith on federal lands. Additionally, many federal lands have further protections.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Can California Condors be taught to avoid the dangers of power lines ? North American breeders winging their way south for the winter may want to head for the Bahamas, where a new national park offers them protected habitat. Staff from the San Diego Zoo think so.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

The unrivaled aerial champions of the Americas have to be the two species of Condor, the one-time almost nearly extinct California Condor and the truly massive Andean Condor. The California Condor has a story well-known by anyone with an interest in birds. California Condor , photo by Sheridan Woodley.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2015

There are many charismatic endangered birds that capture people’s hearts and imaginations: the colossal California Condor , the evocative Red-crowned Crane , and the adorable Spoon-billed Sandpiper come to mind.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2016

People who enjoy California Condors will also enjoy baby moorhens. Fun detail: nicticating membrane protects the eye from damage by algea that can fight back verociously in their death struggle. City slicker needs no reeds. But hey, I ain’t no moorhen, so what do I know?

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JULY 20, 2018

Following passage of the United States Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the California Condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ) was among the first 75 species listed for protection, the so-called “Class of 1967”. Reintroduction efforts expanded to Arizona in 1996, and later, to the Baja California peninsula in Mexico.

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