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Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently proposed reintroducing CaliforniaCondors in the Pacific Northwest. Although sometimes thought of a bird of the Southwest, the condor’s historical range reaches as far north as British Columbia. But condors have not been in the Pacific Northwest for more than a century.
As many birders know, the last wild CaliforniaCondors were captured by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in the 1980s to be part of a captive breeding program. Audubon thought there should be some wild condors to serve as “guide birds” for condors that would eventually be released from the captive breeding program.
In California, where there is already a ban to protect released CaliforniaCondors , the Ventana Wildlife Society is giving away non-lead ammunition with the hope that it will encourage hunters to follow the law. At issue is that millions of birds each year end up eating the lead and dying.
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 CaliforniaCondor. As of 2024, the ‘Alala are extinct in the wild though they live on in captivity.
Birders know that some of the finest birding locations in the country are on federal land , which include national parks , wildlife refuges , forests , monuments , and seashores , among others. The eleven largest national wildlife refuges are also in Alaska, including Arctic NWR and Yukon Delta NWR , each more than 19 million acres.
Images courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. It was not mine, and I couldn’t miss what I had never had. Because sometimes a Bullock’s Oriole just flies over your head, on a day when you’re only vaguely expecting any such thing, and then perches at the tip of a pathside tree and starts singing.
Fish and Wildlife Service. Among the most famous of these is the Sandhill Crane – with its oldest confirmed remains dating back 2.5 million years to the Lower Paleolithic. But soft mud can become stone sooner than we think, and there’s no excuse to be careless.
With an 8 to 9 1/2 foot wingspan and weighing in at up to 30 pounds, it rivals the CaliforniaCondor for size and weight. I was lucky enough to catch this photo of an adult in flight at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge back in February showing the horn and their distinctive black and white plumage.
I have been to 11 countries to watch wildlife that this species lives in. CaliforniaCondor. Looking over my list, it seems I’m a fairly shallow wildlife watcher interested in spectacle. This isn’t a target for this trip that I am aiming for, because this is a nemesis species for me. Is that so much to ask?
Because ingestion of spent lead shot has been documented to cause acute health problems in wildlife (most notably death), use of lead shot has been increasingly restricted over the past few decades. On federal wildlife refuges and many states’ wildlife management areas, non-toxic shot is required when hunting all game birds.
such as CaliforniaCondors and Passenger Pigeons. He was the founder of both and a devoted keeper of the spirit of threatened raptors the world over, including the CaliforniaCondor , which also underwent captivity in order to survive. Author Sherrida Woodley thinks deeply about dearly departed birds.
The class also includes some of the most iconic endangered birds, including the CaliforniaCondor, Whooping Crane, and Puerto Rican Parrot. Fish and Wildlife Service’s ECOS (Environmental Conservation Online System), an online gateway to mountains of information about endangered species. The links are to the U.S.
The new edition adds 11 species, birds such as Zone-tailed Hawk, Short-tailed Hawk, and CaliforniaCondor that are only seen in specific areas of North America. Pat and Clay also have a blog that you may want to pursue, especially if you are interested in butterflies and wildlife gardening.
But after the recent controversy that surrounded the renaming of the Gray Jay to Canada Jay , perhaps its best to leave these names be for now (and you can find Canada Jays in California and even Arizona, by the way). One wonders how they ever find the time to make wine!
I haven’t even been to all of the best national wildlife refuges for birding. Another is CaliforniaCondor in the Grand Canyon.). I particularly enjoy birding national wildlife refuges, so I try to include at least one on each trip. Thus, my “good birds” are likely the opposite of an eastern birder.
For example, in reading about the re-introduction of the CaliforniaCondor into the Pacific Northwest, the press releases referred to a “non-essential experimental” group of condors. The post entitled “ Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding ” is likely second. The answer sometimes result in a post.
For example, in reading about the re-introduction of the CaliforniaCondor into the Pacific Northwest, the press releases referred to a “non-essential experimental” group of condors. The post entitled “ Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding ” is likely second. The answer sometimes result in a post.
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