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Migration and More: A Bird News Update

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Can California Condors be taught to avoid the dangers of power lines ? Staff from the San Diego Zoo think so. 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.

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“Condors over Cologne” – Rogue Ales & Spirits: Condor Kolsch

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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.