The USFWS Pacific Southwest Region recently captured several California Condors at Sequoia National Park.
Posted on 07/14/2020 10:52:25 AM PDT by SJackson
California condors were recently seen soaring through Sequoia National Park for the first time in nearly 50 years. The giant endangered bird, the largest in North America, was known to nest inside massive sequoia trees before its near-extinction in the 1980s.
The USFWS Pacific Southwest Region recently captured several California Condors at Sequoia National Park.
Officials from the Pacific Southwest Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) said at least six condors were observed near the Giant Forest and Moro Rock, a popular hiking destination in the park, in late May. Photos of the birds show two of them gliding through the air and resting on a metal railing.
"Condors were consistently seen throughout the parks until the late 1970s. Observations became increasingly rare throughout the latter portion of the century as the population declined," Tyler Coleman, a wildlife biologist with Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, said in a statement to CBS News on Wednesday.
The Santa Barbara Zoo, using GPS to track the condor population in California, confirmed the exciting find.
"We use GPS transmitters to track the birds' movement, which can be over hundreds of miles on a single day," said Dave Meyer, one of the zoo's biologists. "On this particular day we documented the birds' signals around Giant Forest, and we are excited that park employees observed the birds and confirmed their use of this important historic habitat."
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Dude - you are one of my favorite posters... You share your World Wide experiences... Condors are not edible...
American bison seem to have recovered to some degree. Which I think is kinda cool.
Look sure your just kidding, I have to work on wildlife and forestry concerns in my job so probably I’m over sensitive, any how did’nt they quit making 8 gauges a hundred years ago?
Can you tell us about that photo and the guy’s long gun
Waste of good lead; damn things eat rotten road kill, I wouldn’t eat it even if you cooked it.
Be like eating a vulture, that’s what they are, a really big vulture.
Plenty of dove, quail, wild turkey, and if your really good, CHUKAR.
Carrier Pigeon Gun taking 50 down in a single shot?
It was a joke
That flew as high as that condor apparently
Some folks here love some condors
And thank u
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