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#condors

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Ian Rose

After a rough few years of losses to bird flu, lead poisoning and fire, 2024 was the best year in decades for the central coast flock of California condors. The flock is up to 110 birds, of the approximately 340 flying wild anywhere.

#wildlife #condors #california

montereycountynow.com/news/loc

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Douglas

What are the chances of seeing #condors near the Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge this time of year in #California ?

Is it a place you've got to be very early in the day to spot them or do they hang out throughout the day?

Looking at going from the Thousand Oaks area up Highway 33 and then over to that wildlife refuge in the next few weeks.

Probably will take either 166 back to the coast or go back via the Carrizo Plains.

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Ian Rose

The Yurok Tribe's wildlife office has announced that the last two California Condor releases of 2024 have been successful. A8 and A9 are both young males, and were both hatched and raised at the Oregon Zoo in Portland.

These two make 18 total Prey-go-neesh (their Yurok name) in the skies over Yurok land.

The tribe's IG post has more details: instagram.com/p/DAuMTYqSHu3/?i

InstagramYurok Tribe on Instagram: "The last of this year’s condor cohort have been released! A8 (California Condor Recovery Program Studbook ID 1117) and A9 (Studbook 1126) took flight the morning of October 4th, 2024. These birds, both 2.5-year-old males, were hatched at Oregon Zoo’s Jonsson Center. With their release, there are now 18 condors flying over Yurok territory and the surrounding areas. These birds were originally going to arrive last year and be released with the 2023 cohort, B0 (Studbook 1140), B1 (Studbook 1148), and B2 (Studbook 1151), but were delayed due to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) vaccination efforts, so the Northern California Condor Restoration Program (NCCRP) were unable to release them last year. They were released into the flight pen on August 29, 2024. They integrated well with the other birds in the release pen, and after receiving their final vaccine boosters and radio and GPS transmitters a few weeks into their stay, they joined the rest of the free-flying birds upon the end of their acclimation period in the flight pen. Both birds left the trap early in the morning of October 4th and joined other free-flying birds in feeding at the release site. Crew will be closely monitoring these two birds in the coming days and weeks as they build up necessary flight skills and fully integrate with the flock. With the conclusion of the release season, our Mentor bird, Paaytoqin (Studbook 746) will be departing on Monday, October 7th, for a new assignment. Condor releases will continue in 2025. Please follow along on our livestream to watch the free-flying birds when they visit the release site to feed, bathe, and socialize. The Northern California Condor Restoration Program is a partnership between the Yurok Tribe and Redwood National and State Parks. For more information about the condor project - https://www.yuroktribe.org/yurok-condor-restoration-program #native #nature #restoration #rewilding"44 likes, 0 comments - theyuroktribe on October 4, 2024: "The last of this year’s condor cohort have been released! A8 (California Condor Recovery Program Studbook ID 1117) and A9 (Studbook 1126) took flight the morning of October 4th, 2024. These birds, both 2.5-year-old males, were hatched at Oregon Zoo’s Jonsson Center. With their release, there are now 18 condors flying over Yurok territory and the surrounding areas. These birds were originally going to arrive last year and be released with the 2023 cohort, B0 (Studbook 1140), B1 (Studbook 1148), and B2 (Studbook 1151), but were delayed due to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) vaccination efforts, so the Northern California Condor Restoration Program (NCCRP) were unable to release them last year. They were released into the flight pen on August 29, 2024. They integrated well with the other birds in the release pen, and after receiving their final vaccine boosters and radio and GPS transmitters a few weeks into their stay, they joined the rest of the free-flying birds upon the end of their acclimation period in the flight pen. Both birds left the trap early in the morning of October 4th and joined other free-flying birds in feeding at the release site. Crew will be closely monitoring these two birds in the coming days and weeks as they build up necessary flight skills and fully integrate with the flock. With the conclusion of the release season, our Mentor bird, Paaytoqin (Studbook 746) will be departing on Monday, October 7th, for a new assignment. Condor releases will continue in 2025. Please follow along on our livestream to watch the free-flying birds when they visit the release site to feed, bathe, and socialize. The Northern California Condor Restoration Program is a partnership between the Yurok Tribe and Redwood National and State Parks. For more information about the condor project - https://www.yuroktribe.org/yurok-condor-restoration-program #native #nature #restoration #rewilding".
#vultures#condors#birds
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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺

#Biden expands two #California #NationalMonuments crucial to tribes
washingtonpost.com/climate-env #USpol #Conservation

"The proclamations enlarge the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument... #Condors once soared in the skies there, but their population has declined because of lead poisoning, habitat destruction and poaching. The area is also home to #BaldEagles, #TuleElk, #MountainLions and other species."

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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺

#Biden Designates Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the #GrandCanyon #NationalMonument biologicaldiversity.org/w/news #ConservationOptimism #Conservation

"It harbors sacred sites, like #RedButte, and its diverse ecology includes federally protected species like California #condors and many #plants found nowhere else on Earth."

landscape of the Grand Canyon National Monument
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Soh Kam Yung

"For over 2,000 years, Andean condors have been nesting — and pooping — in the same cliffside grotto high in the Andes. This gargantuan pile of guano is now providing an unprecedented peek deep into the birds’ past, revealing a surprising fidelity to raising chicks there even as the region changed dramatically."

sciencenews.org/article/poop-t

Science NewsA 2,200-year-old poop time capsule reveals secrets of the Andean condorGuano that has accumulated in a cliffside Andean condor nest for 2,200 years reveals how the now-vulnerable birds responded to a changing environment.
#Biology#Nature#SouthAmerica
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