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Diverse challenges in the Intermountain Region.(Brief Article): An article from: Endangered Species Update by Laura Hudson, 2002-03-01 California Condor: An entry from Gale's <i>Beacham's Guide to Endangered Species: North America</i> Status of the California Condor and mortality factors affecting recovery. (Raptor Conservation).: An article from: Endangered Species Update by Kelly J. Sorenson, L. Joseph Burnett, et all 2001-07-01 California condor : Gymnogyps californianus (SuDoc I 49.2:C 75/998) by U.S. Dept of Interior, 1998 California condor reintroduction proposal for the Vermilion Cliffs, northern Arizona (Technical report / Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program) by Terry B Johnson, 1996 California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) : recovery plan (SuDoc I 49.2:C 75/2) by Lloyd F. Kiff, 1996 Effects of the Sespe Creek project on the California condor: Administrative report by Fred C Sibley, 1969 IN CONDOR COUNTRY by David Darlington, 1987-05-15 Wind In Their Wings: The Condor Recovery Program.: An article from: Endangered Species Update by Joanna Behrens, John Brooks, 2001-05-01 Condor: To the Brink and Back--The Life and Times of One Giant Bird by John Nielsen, 2006-02-01 Condors of the Grand Canyon (American Wildlife) by Jack Martinez, 2010-04-17

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21. AMNH - Expedition : Endangered
    The largest animal in the North American sky is the california condor. Its wingsspread nearly 10 They were recognized as an endangered species in 1967.  
    http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/Endangered/condor/condor.html
    
    Extractions: When California condors were brought into zoos and bred in captivity, the young were fed by caretakers using hand puppets shaped like the heads of adult California condors. This was done to avoid imprinting (a learning mechanism by which young birds identify a particular object as their parent). Condors raised by this method and released into the wild were partly successfulÑthey did learn to hunt for food, but so far they have not bred. During the winter of 1985-1986, four of the five known breeding pairs of wild California condors lost at least one member. In an attempt to save the

22. California Condor (Endangered Species), Wildlife Species Information: U.S. Fish
    In more recent times, the california condor has become the subject of an intenseand sometimes Keywords animals, birds, endangered, species, condor.  
    http://species.fws.gov/species_accounts/bio_cond.html
    
    Extractions: californianus Line Art (.7 K image) Line Art (4.6 K image) [US FWS Line Art by Robert Savannah] Photograph (47.8 K image) [US FWS Photograph By Glen Smart] Archaeological evidence indicates that condors have been revered by western Native Americans for thousands of years and played a major role in their legends and rituals. Condors were considered sacred and capable of providing communication with the supernatural world as well as supernatural powers. In more recent times, the California condor has become the subject of an intense and sometimes controversial effort to save the species from extinction. Faced with rapidly declining numbers, scientists began collecting wild-laid eggs and capturing free-flying birds to breed them in captivity with the goal of eventually restoring the condor to its rightful place in the California skies. California condors are the largest birds in North America. They may weigh up to 25 pounds and have wingspans of 9 1/2 feet. California condors have bare heads and necks, dull gray-black feathers, and blunt claws. They have a triangle-shaped patch of white, visible only when airborne, that adorns the underside of their wings. California condors can soar on warm thermal updrafts for hours, reaching speeds of more than 55 miles per hour and altitudes of 15,000 feet.

23. Birding Column: California Condor Rebound
    In the second part of a special focus on the endangered california condor, NationalGeographic News birding columnist Mathew Tekulsky reports on the  
    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/03/0302_040302_birdmancondor2.html
    
    Extractions: March 2, 2004 One day in early fall of 1978 I spent an afternoon at the top of Mount Pinos with the National Audubon Society's condor naturalist, John Borneman, along with a group of condor-watchers. We saw five condors fly over us that day, sometimes as low as 60 feet (18 meters) or so. You simply cannot describe the excitement of seeing one of these primeval creatures soaring overhead with wingtips spread and those double triangles of white on the underwings plainly visible. Gymnogyps californianus was an endangered animal, had a nine-foot (275-centimeter) wingspan, and weighed up to 26 pounds (12 kilograms). I ran off a few photos of Topatopa, and I found him to be quite jovial. He had been kept in captivity since he had been found as a debilitated fledgling in 1966, so he was used to being around people. He posed for a close-up, and I snapped away. Indeed, 17 of the 144 condors released since 1992 have contracted lead poisoning, resulting in four deaths. A grassroots organization called Project Gutpile, in conjunction with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is mounting a campaign to encourage hunters to use lead-free bullets or to bury the remains of the animals that they kill, so that scavenging birds such as condors and eagles (along with other wildlife) will not contract lead poisoning and die.

24. HCPB-California's Plants And Animals
    The california condor has been protected as an endangered species by federal lawsince 1967 and by california state law since 1971.  
    http://www.dfg.ca.gov/hcpb/species/t_e_spp/tebird/condor.shtml
    
    Extractions: My CA Search DFG CALIFORNIA'S PLANTS AND ANIMALS This adult male California condor, named Topatopa, hatched in the wild in Ventura County in 1966, but was found abandoned the next winter. Since 1967, he has resided at the Los Angeles Zoo, the world's only captive California condor until 1982. After almost 23 years alone, he was paired with a captive-bred female, Malibu, and since 1993 they have been producing offspring in captivity. Click on the picture to see a big picture of a condor. The California condor, Gymnogyps californianus, is the one of the largest flying birds in the world. When it soars, the wings spread more than nine feet from tip to tip. Condors may weigh more than 20 pounds. The male Andean condor of South America is even larger than our California condor. Both are endangered species. Gymnogyps is not as heavy as a big turkey and its wings are not as long as those of the wandering albatross. Its only claim to uniqueness in size is that it has the largest wingspread of any North American land bird

25. California Condor
    california s Threatened and endangered Species, Department of Fish Game. The california condor is the largest bird in North America.  
    http://www.dfg.ca.gov/te_species/index/classification/birdslist/condor.html
    
    Extractions: State Status Endangered (Listed 1971) Federal Status Endangered (Listed 1967) The California Condor is the largest bird in North America. An adult can weigh up to 25 pounds and have a wing span of up to 9 1/2 feet! Adult condors are gray-black colored, with a triangle of white under the wings that is visible when the bird is soaring. The condor has a bare, pink-orange head, similar to a turkey vulture's. Immature condors have a dusky colored head, and the triangle under the wings is mottled. "Home Sweet Home" California condors are found in the arid foothills and mountain ranges of southern and central California. They roost in rocky cliffs or in trees, from the late afternoon until the next mid-morning. As the temperature rises they take flight and catch thermals (updrafts of heated air), which carry them over foothills, grasslands and oak woodlands in search of food. Condors have been known to travel more than a hundred miles in two hours! "Aerial Accomplishments" California condors are amazing fliers. They can soar for hours on thermals; cover hundreds of miles, reach speeds of more than 55 mph, and altitudes of 15,000 feet!

26. The California Condor On The Colorado Plateau
    endangered Species california condor endangered Fish california condorsreturned to the Colorado Plateau after at least a 72year absence in  
    http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/Biota/california_condor.htm
    
    Extractions: Quaking Aspen Forest ... Agents of Biotic Change California condor. Photo by Neil Johnson, Los Angeles Zoo, courtesy of State of California. The California Condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ) is one of the world's rarest and most imperiled vertebrates. It was federally listed as an endangered species on March 11, 1967. The condor is a member of the family Cathartidae, the New World vultures, a family of seven species, including the closely related Andean condor ( Vultur gryphus ) and the sympatric turkey vulture ( Cathartes aura ). California condors are among the largest flying birds in the world. Adults weigh approximately 10 kilograms (22 pounds) and have a wing span up to 2.9 meters (9 ½ feet). California Condors returned to the Colorado Plateau after at least a 72-year absence in December 1996 with the release of 6 birds at the Vermilion Cliffs on the Paria Plateau in northern Arizona. Of the 35 condors so far released in Arizona, 14 have fallen prey to eagles, coyotes, power lines, and, in one case, a man with a shotgun. Tragedy struck hard in the spring of 2000 when 5 mature birds died of lead poisoning, probably from eating carrion contaminated with shotgun pellets. All the Arizona condors were brought in for testing, and at this writing (summer of 2000) most are being treated for lead poisoning ranging from mild to life-threatening.

27. Reintroduction Of Native Species On The Colorado Plateau
    The california condor has been protected as an endangered species by federal lawsince 1967. Most of the condors living today are in captivity but there are  
    http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/Change/reintroduction.htm
    
    Extractions: Native Use of Fire Sources United States Geological Survey Biological Resources Division and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Most Colorado Plateau ecosystems have been reduced functionally and ecologically by the loss of native species . Today, several reintroduction programs are underway: Mule Pack pup m580 released May 23, 1999. Photo by Janet Reed, USFWS. The Mexican gray wolf ( Canis lupus baileyi ) is the southernmost occurring, rarest, and most genetically distinct subspecies of gray wolf in North America. Mexican gray wolves, or lobos, were once common along the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau. They roamed the ponderosa pine and mixed-conifer forests of the Mogollon Rim and White Mountains and extended south and eastward to central New Mexico, western Texas, and northern Mexico. By the early 1900's, however, growing numbers of livestock in the region and fewer and fewer natural prey species resulted in increasing numbers of livestock losses to wolves. Intensive efforts by the federal government were largely successful in eradicating Mexican wolves by the middle of this century. Since then a few wolves have been caught and killed; the last confirmed wild Mexican wolf was reported in the United States in 1970 and in Mexico in 1980.

28. Global Show-n-Tell's California Condor Wing
    california condor Wing. This wing of our gallery is named after the californiacondor, an extremely endangered bird. We have put artwork here that was done  
    http://www.telenaut.com/gst/condor/condor.html
    
    Extractions: This wing of our gallery is named after the California Condor, an extremely endangered bird. We have put artwork here that was done by young people ages 9 to 12 years old. This is a picture illustrated by Zach Trow from Newberg, Oregon. Zach attends Ewing Young Elementary and is in the 4th grade. His illustration is a scene from his story "Planet of the Sea and Islands." My name is Matthew Hynes. I am ten years old and I go to St.Peter's Elementary school in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, Canada. Come visit my home page! NOTE: Some of these sites go in and out of availability. We try to check them periodically to make sure they still exist. Please check back if you can't get through to one this time. California Condor Restoration program info, housed in The Peregrine Fund pages Endangered Species Bibliography

29. Oregon Zoo Conservation: Condor Recovery Program
    condor wing california condors have made a comeback to the Pacific Northwest . and most successful endangered species recovery efforts and Oregon Zoo is  
    http://www.oregonzoo.org/Condors/
    
    Extractions: Condor Home Fall and Rise History Recovery Program ... Videos You are here: Home Condors NEW! See photos of our newest chick who just came out of the nest for the first time! California condors have made a comeback to the Pacific Northwest Oregon Zoo staff first met with the California Condor Recovery Team at their October 2000 meeting in Ventura, California. They inspected condor-breeding facilities at the Los Angeles Zoo and San Diego Wild Animal Park, obtaining the necessary background information on the physical layout and staffing associated with condor propagation. In February 2001, Oregon Zoo presented a proposal to the recovery team to join the effort. The Audubon Society of Portland, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Oregon State Office, and the U.S. Forest Service enthusiastically supported the zoo's proposal. The Recovery Team recommended Oregon Zoo's membership. The California Condor Recovery Program is one of the highest-profile and most successful endangered species recovery efforts and Oregon Zoo is honored to participate.

30. California Condor - Gymnogyps Californianus - ARKive
    The critically endangered california condor is a member of the New World vulturefamily (Cathartidae), and has an impressive wingspan of just less than 3  
    http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/birds/Gymnogyps_californianus/
    
    Extractions: @import "/styles/default.css"; Search Homepage Species Global Birds California condor Status: The critically endangered California condor is a member of the New World vulture family (Cathartidae), and has an impressive wingspan of just less than 3 metres. The featherless head and neck are a reddish-orange colour; a few black feathers sprout from the head and there is a ruff of fine, glossy black feathers around the neck. The neck has an inflatable pouch, which is important in courtship. The plumage is black in colour with large white patches under each wing. Males and females are indistinguishable by size or plumage. Juveniles are grey and adult feathers do not replace this down until the age of 5 - 7 months. Sub- adults retain a grey head until they reach maturity at 5 to 7 years of age, when they acquire the full colouration of an adult. Click for more information click for more movies

31. Chevron - Community News - Helping Eagles, Condors And Children In California
    Since then, the number of california condors in the wild and in Secretary GaleNorton holds a plaque depicting the endangered california condor.  
    http://www.chevron.com/social_responsibility/community/2001nov12_ventana_wildern
    
    Extractions: Helping Eagles, Condors and Children in California This condor was born in the Los Angeles Zoo, raised in captivity and introduced into the wild on Dec. 12, 1997. Photo by Joe Burnett of the Ventana Wilderness Society. BIG SUR, Calif., Nov. 12, 2001 The Ventana Wilderness Society, a small nonprofit group based in the rugged Big Sur Valley on California's central coast has recognized ChevronTexaco for its sponsorship over the last 15 years. A formally worded declaration from the group's board of directors gave the company a big "thanks" for helping it reintroduce bald eagles and California condors into the wild. In addition, company contributions have supported the Ventana Wilderness Society nature education camp for local children. ChevronTexaco "has dedicated its staff, volunteer time, and corporate support to help make the programs of Ventana Wilderness Society successful," reads the official award of recognition. ChevronTexaco began contributing to the society in 1986, supporting a bald eagle reintroduction program. After the success of that program, ChevronTexaco in 1997 began sponsoring the group's California condor program. Today, 71 bald eagles released by the society are living in the wild and have hatched 41 eaglets. Eighteen condors the society released also live in the wild. "Our program is one of the most successful reintroduction programs in the United States Without companies like ChevronTexaco that wouldn't have been possible," says Sal Lucido, the group's co-founder and president of the board of directors. "With the bald eagles, we started from a population of zero in this part of California. We've helped get the bald eagle off the 'endangered' list and onto the 'threatened' list. The population now is self-sustaining and it's only a matter of time before it's no longer threatened."

32. The Bird Site: California Condor
    Information about the california condor. The nearlyextinct condors began living but endangered california condor and had a longer, more slender beak.  
    http://www.nhm.org/birds/guide/pg022.html
    
    Extractions: GOING, GOING, GONE? Condors have long been a symbol of pristine, remote wilderness and conservation. Their status and decline has recently been the focus of intensive research and often heated debates. The nearly-extinct condors began to decline when large mammals, such as mammoths , disappeared during the Ice Ages thousands of years ago. These large animals provided abundant food for the massive condors and other large scavengers. However, scientists believe that the following factors led to the accelerated demise of the species: The last of the nearly-extinct birds was taken into captivity in 1987. It joined the 26 remaining condors in a captive breeding program at the San Diego and Los Angeles Zoos. With the help of scientists, condors in captivity may be able to reproduce over four times faster than in the wild. By 1998, the captive condor population had increased to over 100. Scientists have begun to release the captive-bred birds into the wild in California and Arizona. The fossilized remains of a closely related species, the extinct La Brea Condor (

33. The Bird Site: Endangered Species
    save the california condor and write a report about another endangered species Back in 1987 all california condors were captured from the wild and  
    http://www.nhm.org/birds/guide/classroom/endangered.html
    
    Extractions: Endangered Species SUMMARY: Learn more about the efforts to save the California Condor and write a report about another endangered species and the efforts being made to save it. This lesson is part of a series. Select this text to learn more about the series and how to extend its usefulness. OBJECTIVES: Become aware of the problems endangered species face. SUBJECTS: Science and Language Arts GRADES: LENGTH: Series Background: Many animals, including the California Condor are on the endangered species list. Efforts are being made to increase the populations of these animals and to protect their habitats from further encroachment. But there is still a lot that needs to be done. Back in 1987 all California Condors were captured from the wild and brought into captivity at the LA Zoo and San Diego Wild Animal Park. They were part of a captive breeding program that would release their offspring back into the wilderness. Since the first release in 1991 there has been an increase in condor populations, yet the offspring that have been released are still very vulnerable to environmental poisons and other hazards. Materials: Endangered species list, paper, and pencil. You can get endangered species lists on-line at

34. Moby.ucdavis.edu/GAWS/107/1india/bio-cond.htm
    Introduction to the california condor Works as both a field guide and case study of how one endangered species wasbrought The story of the california condoran aweinspiring symbol of  
    http://moby.ucdavis.edu/GAWS/107/1india/bio-cond.htm

35. Planet Ark : Man Fined $20,000 For Shooting Endangered Condor
    a california condor, the rare bird that has been on the endangered species and was one of only 80 endangered california condors living in the wild.  
    http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/21915/story.htm
    
    Extractions: Our UK Home Page Select a topic from this pull-down menu Read the latest Reuters World Environment News Look at the latest Reuters Environment News Pictures Receive free daily news headlines via email Search the Planet Ark News Archive Find out about National Tree Day Visit the Planet Ark Media Centre Who are Planet Ark? Find out about Planet Ark's campaigns Find out about the local recycling services available in your area Cole Lewis - who pleaded guilty in May to killing the condor after an extensive investigation by the fish and wildlife service - was also barred from hunting in the United States for five years. Prosecutors said the bird he shot was believed to be more than 30 years old and was one of only 80 endangered California condors living in the wild. The scavenger bird is the largest bird in North America, and its populations have been declining for more than 100 years.

36. National Parks: Condors On The Rise: Group Releases Endangered California Condor
    Things may be looking up for the endangered california condor thanks to aintroduction program developed by Ventana Wilderness Society, a small nonprofit  
    http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go2106/is_200403/ai_n6532679
    
    Extractions: Save a personal copy of any page on the Web and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free. Get started now. Condors on the rise: group releases endangered California condors back into the wild at Pinnacles National Monument National Parks March, 2004 by Jenell Talley Things may be looking up for the endangered California condor thanks to a introduction program developed by Ventana Wilderness Society, a small nonprofit that works to perpetuate species native to central California. Ventana has been working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and Pinnacles National Monument to facilitate the condors' recovery.

37. Endangered Species Bulletin: Return To The Wild - Brief Article
    california condor / Protection and preservation endangered species Fiftyninecalifornia condors now fly free in the wild, 34 in california and 25 in  
    http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ASV/is_3_25/ai_66758960
    
    Extractions: Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. Since its inception in the 1970s, the California Condor Recovery Program has faced repeated challenges, controversies, and setbacks, but it remains focused on one goal: reestablishing healthy, self-sustaining populations of California condors (Gymnogyps californianus) in the wild. This spring, high atop a ridge in the Los Padres National Forest's Sespe Condor Sanctuary, the recovery program ushered in a new chapter in its effort to secure the future of the California condor when it released one of the founding members of the captive-breeding flock back into the wild. The female condor, identified as AC-8, was captured in 1986 in Kern County, California, and taken to the San Diego Wild Animal Park. After her capture, AC-8 was paired with AC-5, another original member of the breeding flock. The pair produced nine offspring. Two of AC-8's chicks were released to the wild in southern California, while the remaining offspring carried on her genetic line as part of the permanent captive-breeding population. AC-8 has not produced any additional fertile eggs since 1995, and staff at the Wild Animal Park's Condor Project suspect that she is now beyond breeding age. Although no one knows her exact age, she may be about 40 years old. The Fish and Wildlife Service and the Condor Recovery Team determined that AC-8 should be allowed to return to the wild to live the remainder of her time as a free-flying condor.

38. The California Condor
    Many things are being done to help the california condor. Researchers in San Diego endangered Wildlife (condors). Chicago Marshall. Cavendish, 2002.  
    http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/studshow/pinegrovems/katepsandyal/califor
    
    Extractions: The California Condor Why is this topic important? What is being done to help? What still needs to be done to help? How can students get involved? ... Bibliography Why is this topic important? This crisis of condors dying out is a concern to us all. First of all, it is mostly the fault of humans that condors are dying out. Humans spray DDT, a pesticide, on plants that herbivores eat. Since DDT is a powerful and poisonous chemical, the herbivores die with the substance still in them. Because condors are scavengers, they eat anything, including the poisoned herbivores. Their eggs become flimsy and crack open because of the DDT's chemical reaction. What makes this situation even more tragic is that the condor species lived through the dinosaur age, yet today they are being killed. Although the condor is an important animal to the Native Americans for spiritual reasons, this species continues to suffer from the carelessness of people. Top What is being done to help? Many things are being done to help the California Condor. Researchers in San Diego and Los Angeles have established wildlife parks and zoos to keep the condors in captivity where they will be safe. There are also breeding systems to protect the eggs and offspring of the condors. If healthy eggs are kept in incubators, then the condor eggs and chicks will be safe. Environmentalists and researchers hope that measures such as this one will help to increase the condor population in North America. Top What still needs to be done?

39. Snyder, N.F. R. And Snyder, H.: The California Condor: A Saga Of Natural History
    of the book The california condor A Saga of Natural History and and one of the most endangered, the california condor has been a source of  
    http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/7475.html
    
    Extractions: Shopping Cart Reviews Table of Contents Key Features: Reviews: "Everyone interested in the preservation of rare and endangered species simply has to read this book. No matter how much you think you know about conservation or about California condors, you will come away from this book with a more sophisticated perspective, and you will understand the process and the politics at a level most people never achieve. . . . I don't hesitate to recommend this as one of the most important books on conservation to appear in many years." Bird Watcher's Digest "The most comprehensive popular work ever published on this species. This is a large and lavishly illustrated book, a real bargain for its modest price. . . . [It] deserves wide readership among those interested, not only in endangered species, but also in the science, politics, ethics, and philosophy underpinning the field of conservation biology. . . . The prose is lucid and succinct so that the complex issues are clearly and fairly described. . . . One of the book's major strengths is its apparent even-handedness."

40. The Peregrine Fund - World Center Of Birds Of Prey
    california condor Releases in Arizona Captive Breeding at the World Center for 15 Nov 94 endangered california condors Transported to World Center  
    http://www.peregrinefund.org/press_full.asp?id=51&category=California Condor

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