California Condor Humane Species 
10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2012
The newest bird on the brink to capture her fertile imagination is the California Condor, on which she graciously shares her research and ruminations: Sometimes as a writer you recognize there’s been something overlooked in your midst—something quietly abiding. Condors, like all New World vultures, can disturb the human psyche.
10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2016
They get a bad rap due to their dependence on carrion to survive, but I look at it a different way: these species do not have to kill in order to thrive! Most humans cannot say that. Columbia has chosen one of the world’s most massive flying species as its national bird: the Andean Condor.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 22, 2013
For example, in California, populations of birds like Aleutian Cackling Goose have dramatically increased…but where did our Fulvous Whistling-Ducks go? We have more California Condors , Bald Eagles , and Peregrine Falcons , but there seem to be less Spotted Owls , Burrowing Owls , Sooty Shearwaters.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
Birds and Booze News: Night Lizard Brewery in Santa Barbara, California is making news with its commitment to environmental activism, as related in this article in the Antioch University Odyssey.
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 21, 2010
It has entertaining stories, includes animals people care about because they like them (and also addresses that concept), and it describes how the numbers of various species decreased to the point of being classified as "endangered" or worse. But again, he's a conservationist, so none of this is a surprise.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2024
Osborn, a passionate field biologist who participates to the core of her being three re-introduction projects aimed at saving three very different, endangered species: Peregrine Falcon, Hawaiian Crow (‘Alala)*, and California Condor. This is the most intense, tragic section.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 2, 2016
Sandhill Cranes , ancient and currently abundant – the most abundant species of crane in the world – are nevertheless almost miraculous to me every time I see them. The five subspecies – Greater, Lesser, Mississippi, Florida, Cuban – show the genetic marks of what the species has had to do to survive.
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