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How to watch the condor release online. On Nov. 6 the “2024 Rookie Virtual Release Event” will be livestreamed by VWS beginning at 9 a.m.; the doors of the holding pen will open around 10 a.m.
Sorenson said there have been 13 known shooting deaths of condors since 1992. California condor population ‘imperiled’ California condors have been listed on the Endangered Species Act since 1967.
The Andean condor has a wingspan of 2.7–3.1 metres (8 feet 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches – 10 feet 2 inches) [4] and even up to about 3.20 metres (10 ft 6 in) and a weight of 8–15 kg, [3] with males ranging from to 11 to 15 kg (24 to 33 lb) and females 7.5 to 11 kg (17 to 24 lb). [5]
The California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is a New World vulture and the largest North American land bird. It became extinct in the wild in 1987 when all remaining wild individuals were captured, but has since been reintroduced to northern Arizona and southern Utah (including the Grand Canyon area and Zion National Park), the coastal mountains of California, and northern Baja California ...
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The United States Forest Service established the Sespe Condor Sanctuary in 1947 for the California condor, an endangered species which is the largest living bird in North America. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] On January 14, 1992, two captive-bred California condors and two Andean condors were released into the Sespe Condor Sanctuary, overlooking the Sespe Creek ...
2020: During the wildfire season, a research building, pens, and other facilities were destroyed on their 80-acre (32 ha) sanctuary in Big Sur that has been used to release the condors into the wild since 1997. [6] While no people or condors were at the site, ten condors and two chicks are believed to have died in the Dolan Fire that began ...
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