1. SchoolWorld Endangered Species Project: California Condor Endangered/Threatened Species Report. Submitted by Ryan Paulsen and Frank YoungGrade 2 Fillmore Central School Fillmore, New York USA. California Condor http://www.schoolworld.asn.au/species/calcond.html

A SchoolWorld Internet Education Project Endangered/Threatened Species Report Submitted by Ryan Paulsen and Frank Young Grade 2- Fillmore Central School Fillmore, New York U.S.A. California Condor California Condor Source US Fish and Wildlife Service Photographer Glenn Smart Description: COMMON California Condor SCIENTIFIC Gymnogyps californianus The California Condor weighs 9 kilograms.Their wingspan is almost 3 meters. Males and females look exactly alike when they are full grown. DIET: They eat dead animals. HABITAT: They live in caves, cracks, and potholes. They like warm climates and high altitudes. Environment: They live in southern California. Problems: Poachers shoot them. They eat poisoned bodies that are set out to trap coyotes. Their habitat is being ruined by people moving in. Solutions: People (researchers and scientists) are taking eggs from the wild and incubating them. ORGANIZATIONS US Fish and Wildlife Service are a sponsor of the program. Summary: The Condors do not build nests. A female lays one egg every 2 years.

2. California Condor Endangered Species California Condor. California condor (Gymnogyps californianus).DESCRIPTION The California condor is North America s largest land bird. http://www.ca.blm.gov/bakersfield/california_condor.html

Photos Bookstore Recreation Search Upcoming Events ... Tell Us How We are Doing Endangered Species: California Condor California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) DESCRIPTION: The California condor is North America's largest land bird. Adult condors have a bare, orange or yellow-orange head and neck and a white bill. Both sexes of this species have similar coloration. The body is mostly black, but the feathers on the back are edged with brown. The underside of each wing has a white triangle-shaped patch that extends outward from the sides of the body and can readily be seen when the birds are soaring overhead. A whitish wing bar is found on the upper-surface of each wing. The legs are pink. Immature condors have a dark head and neck that are covered with gray down. The underwing patch may vary from mottled white to nearly all black. The color of the head and neck turns orange and the underwing patches become white as young become adults at 5 to 6 years of age. LIFE CYCLE: Similar to turkey vultures ( Cathartes aura ), condors require large areas of open savannah, grasslands, and foothill habitat with rock outcrops and large trees for nesting and roosting. They nest on a bare surface on the floor of a cave, in a cliff face, or on a steep slop

3. California Condor, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service california condor Gymnogyps californianus. Status endangered, except where thereis an experimental population (specific portions of Arizona, Nevada and Utah). http://endangered.fws.gov/i/B0G.html

California Condor Gymnogyps californianus Status: Endangered, except where there is an experimental population (specific portions of Arizona, Nevada and Utah) photo by Scott Frier/Nikon Inc. Protection for this species under the Endangered Species Act — where it is listed, when it was listed, and other information. In the News News Releases Life History and Recovery Activities A wild-laid condor chick has hatched in southern California back country for the first time in 18 years. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Region's California Condor Web Site Hailing support from private partners, Interior Secretary Norton released five California condors into the wild on April 5, 2001, in the Ventana Wilderness near Big Sur, CA. See the news release " Wind in Their Wings: The Condor Recovery Program " article featured in the May/June 2000 Endangered Species Bulletin "

4. California Condor (Endangered Species), Wildlife Species Information: U.S. Fish Captive breeding is essential to the survival of critically endangered species likethe california condor; in fact, it may be the last hope of saving the condor http://species.fws.gov/species_accounts/bio_cond.html

California condor, ( Gymnogyps 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.

5. AMNH - Expedition : Endangered They were recognized as an endangered species in 1967. Thirty years later, thedomain of the california condor has shrunk to a few captive enclosures in http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/Endangered/condor/condor.html

California Condor Gymnogyps californianus Threats habitat alteration, urbanization, poisoning, shooting, colliding into power lines, pesticides, unknown factors STATUS: ESA ENDANGERED (extinct in the wild) IUCN CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SIZE: Length 45-55 inches (114-140 cm) Weight 20-23 pounds (9-10 kg) Wingspan: 9.1 feet (2.8 m) HABITAT: Rocky cliffs in mountainous terrain away from human disturbance; nearby open grasslands for feeding POPULATION: 100 in captivity CURRENT RANGE: Captive-breeding facilities in southern California CONSERVATION: Captive-breeding programs in effect; banning of dangerous pesticides; Species Survival Plan in effect; CITES trade restrictions; re-introduction efforts 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

6. SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Science -- Three Endangered California Condor Chicks Three california condor chicks have hatched in the wild and another two are being incubated, boosting the thin ranks of the endangered vultures, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20040426-1129-wst-condorhatchlings.ht

document.write(''); Choose Category All of SignOnSanDiego News Sports Entertainment Yellow Pages Classifieds Web Community Events News After the Fires In Iraq War on Terror ... Internet Access Three endangered California condor chicks hatch in wild ASSOCIATED PRESS 11:29 a.m. April 26, 2004 Biologists began returning California condors to the wild in 1992. There are now 97 of the birds, including the new chicks, living free in California, Arizona and Mexico. There are another 124 in captivity. Two condor pairs in Arizona are incubating eggs. Those chicks are expected to hatch in May, Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman Denise Stockton said. Biologists report that condors laid 39 eggs in captivity this spring. Of them, 31 have hatched or are being incubated, Stockton said. Last year, only a single wild-hatched condor chick survived past fledgling. Now 10 months old, it continues to live with its parents in Arizona. The population of North America's largest bird sank to 22 in 1982, prompting officials to embark on an aggressive breeding program to restore its ranks. Officials expect to release roughly 21 condors to the wild this year.

7. Welcome To Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex Information on the california condor and the recovery program for this endangered bird. Includes information on each of 3 refuges set aside to protect habitat for the condor and a fourth refuge with an active western Snowy Plover management program. http://hoppermountain.fws.gov/

The management priorities of the Complex focus on endangered species. The primary focus is to restore the endangered California condor population to its native range in southern California. Other species in addition to the condor include the Western snowy plover, red-legged frog, least tern, San Joaquin kit fox and blunt-nosed leopard lizard. Three refuges in the Complex - Hopper Mountain Bitter Creek , and Blue Ridge are set aside to protect foraging and nesting habitat for the California condor. Guadalupe - Nipomo Dunes , the fourth refuge, protects some of the last remaining natural dunes habitat in California and is currently the only refuge in the Complex with public use opportunities. USFWS Links FWS Home Page Pacific Region Home Contact Us Section 508 Accessibility P.O. Box 5839 Ventura, CA 93005 Phone 805-644-5185 Fax 805-644-1732

8. Condor National Parks Conservation Association provides wildlife factsheets about animals found in our national parks. Blue Whale. california condor. Caribou. Dolphin. Elk Status endangered. Population How many california condors once lived is not known http://www.npca.org/wildlife_protection/wildlife_facts/condor.asp

HOME >> Wildlife Protection >> Wildlife Facts WILDLIFE FACTS ... Steller Sea Lion CALIFORNIA CONDOR (Gymnogyps californianus) Factoid: Condors, the largest flying birds in North America, are monogamous and pair for life. Status: Endangered Population: How many California condors once lived is not known. In 1982, there were fewer than 25 left in the wild. Today, their numbers have increased to approximately 200. Threats: Loss of habitat, shootings, pesticide residue, lead poisoning, and collisions with power lines. Survival: California condors are capable of reaching up to 60 years of age in the wild. Normally, condors breed once every two years, producing only one egg. If the egg is lost, they might be able to lay another. The male and female take turns incubating the egg and, once it hatches, feeding the offspring until it learns to find its own food, which could take a year. Playful and inquisitive, condors roost in large groups and communicate with a combination of hisses, growls, and grunts as well as a system of body language. Instead of flapping their wings, which can span more than nine feet from tip to tip, condors soar on wind currents. Like vultures, which are in the same family, they are scavengers, but instead of relying on their sense of smell they watch for other scavengers feeding on carrion.

9. California Condor california's Threatened and endangered Species, Department of Fish Game State Status endangered ( Listed 1971) The california condor is the largest bird in North America http://www.dfg.ca.gov/te_species/index/classification/birdslist/condor.html

California Condor Gymnogyps californianus 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!

10. The Peregrine Fund - Notes From The Field - Asian Vulture Crisis california condor Restoration. ( July 2003) propagation, release, and management with the ultimate goal of removing the species from the endangered Species List. http://www.peregrinefund.org/conserv_cacondor.html

California Condor Restoration (July 2003) Goal: To establish self-sustaining populations of California Condors through captive propagation, release, and management with the ultimate goal of removing the species from the Endangered Species List. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Notes from the Field Press Condor Fact Sheet Current Condor Numbers ... If you should encounter a condor... Results As 2001 came to an end there were 11 young condors, pending release, above the Vermilion Cliffs in Arizona. Rather than releasing all young birds at once this year as we had in the past, we opted for a new strategy of having multiple, smaller releases, comprised of birds that we deemed most ready to fly free. Our first release occurred in February followed by a second in September, with the final one taking place in December. This new technique worked very well as it allowed smaller numbers of birds time to integrate gradually into the existing flock which totaled 33 free flying condors in December 2002.

11. HCPB-California's Plants And Animals condors may weigh more than 20 pounds. The male Andean condor of South Americais even larger than our california condor. Both are endangered species. http://www.dfg.ca.gov/hcpb/species/t_e_spp/tebird/condor.shtml

California Home DFG Home HCPB Home About HCPB ... Publication Information Habitat Conservation Planning Branch 1416 Ninth St., Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 653-4875 California Department of Fish and Game Habitat Conservation Planning Branch My CA Search DFG CALIFORNIA'S PLANTS AND ANIMALS CALIFORNIA CONDOR 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. Photo by Neil Johnson, Los Angeles Zoo. 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

12. Defenders Of Wildlife - California Condor individuals. In 1971, the california condor was also listed as endangeredunder the california endangered Species Act. The passage http://www.defenders.org/wildlife/birds/calcondor.html

Select Wolves Dolphins Bears Birds Sea Otters Polar Bears Manatees Bison Owls Caspian Tern Cerulean Warbler California Condor ... Whooping Crane Programs and Conservation California Condor Recovery Bird Conservation at Defenders The Wild Bird Conservation Act Issues / Dangers Affecting Birds Birds and Towers Birds and Pesticides Migratory Birds Threatened by Oil Development Wildlife Home California Condor The California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is North America’s largest terrestrial bird, weighing up to 22 pounds with a wingspan of nine and a half feet. It can reach altitudes of 15,000 and may fly 140 miles a day in search of the carrion on which it feeds.

13. The Peregrine Fund - Notes From The Field - California Condor california condor. Notes from the Field propagation, release, and management with the ultimate goal of removing the species from the endangered Species List. http://www.peregrinefund.org/notes_condor.html

California Condor Notes from the Field These field notes and the data therein are owned by The Peregrine Fund and are provided for educational purposes only. Publication of information stemming from their use or interpretation is strictly prohibited without expressed written consent from The Peregrine Fund. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Press Condor Fact Sheet Current Condor Numbers Detailed Information on Released Condors ... Images Goal: To establish self-sustaining populations of California Condors through captive propagation, release, and management with the ultimate goal of removing the species from the Endangered Species List. These notes are listed in reverse chronological order March 30, 2004 Sophie Osborn It has been an incredible time in Arizona Condorland. Condor 305, our wild-hatched chick and the first condor to fledge successfully in the wild since the inception of the captive breeding program, has found its wings and has finally discovered the other condors! For months following Condor 305’s unprecedented leap out of the nest, it has remained in close proximity to where it was raised. With the rest of the condor flock beginning to move around more with the coming of spring weather, we felt it was only a matter of time, before Condor 305 began moving beyond the confines of its nest drainage. But rather than Condor 305 flying out to meet the other condors, on March 13, an influx of free-flying condors discovered Condor 305.

14. Audubon WatchList - California Condor Conservation The california condor is listed as endangered in theUS under the endangered Species Act. (see http//ecos.fws.gov http://audubon2.org/webapp/watchlist/viewSpecies.jsp?id=56

15. SchoolWorld Endangered Species Project: California Condor Project. endangered/Threatened Species Report. Submitted by Daniel Blake Year4 Taabinga State School Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia. california condor. http://www.schoolworld.asn.au/species/condor1.html

A SchoolWorld Internet Education Project Endangered/Threatened Species Report Submitted by Daniel Blake Year 4 - Taabinga State School Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia California Condor California Condor State Of California Photographer Unknown Description: The California Condor is one of the rarest birds of prey. The condor is mainly black with white under its wings. It has a bare head and the neck is orange and sometimes yellowish or grey. The condor has a very big wingspan of 3 metres. The only thing it eats is carrion (dead animals). Environment: Condors are only found in a small area of California. It lives in mountains and near cliff sides so it can breed and can make nests. There are no condors left in the wild because on April 19, 1987 the last condor in the wild was captured and went to the San Diego Zoo. Problems: Lead poisoning and illegal shooting caused most deaths of the condor. People shoot condors because they thought they killed their animals, but people had no proof of this. Solutions: The first captive-bred condor was born on April 29, 1988.

16. The Bird Site: Endangered Species SUBJECTS Science and Language Arts. GRADES 4 8. LENGTH Series. Background Manyanimals, including the california condor are on the endangered species list. http://www.nhm.org/birds/guide/classroom/endangered.html

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

17. California Condor, ENature.com endangered Status The california condor is on the US endangered SpeciesList. It is classified as endangered in california. This http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesSH.asp?curGroupID=1&shapeID=958&cur

18. California Condor - MiMi Range californiaN VULTURE. california condor. endangered. CATHARTES californiaNUS,Lath. california condor. endangered. CATHARTES californiaNUS, Lath. http://en.mimi.hu/bird/california_condor.html

Home Menu(0); MimiF3("Bird",0); pozicio('Bird','California Condor') MimiF1("Bird",0); California Condor See also: Condor Vulture Eagle Falcon ... Golden Eagle CreateTd(0) The California Condor is on the verge of extinction. There were three individuals, all males, known to be living free in late 1986. That was a drop from fifteen wild birds (including five breeding pairs) known to have been present in 1984. callurl('http://www.stanfordalumni.org/birdsite/text/essays/Conservation_Condor.html'); CreateTd(1) California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) North America's largest soaring bird and one of its most famous endangered species, the California Condor is an unmistakable and incredible bird. Interactions with humans starting in the late 19th century led to the decline of these massive scavengers. callurl('http://audubon2.org/webapp/watchlist/viewSpecies.jsp?id=56'); CreateTd(2) California Condor Gymnogyps californianus Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Cathartidae Large numbers of condor s once came to the Columbia River to feast on salmon carcasses in fall spawning season. The last record is from 1897. Range: callurl('http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/rare_species.asp?id=51');

19. Condor - MiMi californiaN VULTURE. california condor. endangered. CATHARTES californiaNUS,Lath. california condor. endangered. CATHARTES californiaNUS, Lath. http://en.mimi.hu/bird/condor.html

Home Menu(0); MimiF3("Bird",0); pozicio('Bird','Condor') MimiF1("Bird",0); Condor See also: Auk Cowbird Woodpecker Falcon ... Finch CreateTd(0) The California Condor is on the verge of extinction. There were three individuals, all males, known to be living free in late 1986. That was a drop from fifteen wild birds (including five breeding pairs) known to have been present in 1984. callurl('http://www.stanfordalumni.org/birdsite/text/essays/Conservation_Condor.html'); CreateTd(1) California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) North America's largest soaring bird and one of its most famous endangered species, the California Condor is an unmistakable and incredible bird. Interactions with humans starting in the late 19th century led to the decline of these massive scavengers. callurl('http://audubon2.org/webapp/watchlist/viewSpecies.jsp?id=56'); CreateTd(2) CONDOR S (also see ): Andean Condor : - Once extending to Tierra del Fuego through the Andean mountain range of South America, the Andean Condor came perilously close to extinction due in part to aggressive hunting. Placed on the Endangered Species list in 1973, callurl('http://www.avianweb.com/birdspeciesCD.htm');

20. 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 successes http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/03/0302_040302_birdmancondor2.html

Sign up for our free e-mail newsletter Also see: Today's Top Stories This Story Birds E-mail this story Sponsored in part by Win a National Geographic photo workshop in Santa Fe Looking for the ideal gift for Dad or Grads? Send the gift of National Geographic for a special price of $19! Birding Column: California Condor Rebound Mathew Tekulsky The Birdman of Bel Air March 2, 2004 Read the full Topatopa, a California condor, is shown at the Los Angeles Zoo in 1978. See more bird and birding stories Shop bird and birding products in the National Geographic Store Travel with our experts on a National Geographic Expedition National Geographic 's Crane Cam: Go >> More News Kids News The Environment Travel National Geographic Channel Special Series Emerging Explorers TravelWatch National Geographic Out There Oceans ... Pulse of the Planet 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).

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