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I have found a new and reliable source
for Condor information
This person is a Park Ranger --Intertation person for the Grand Canyon National park.
The person's (ladies) name is
Ms. Marker Marshall
Marker_Marshall@nps.gov
Should you question any of her information.
up-dates as of 10/12/2007
I will post more up dates as I get them.
02/25/2008
I finally have something to report on the California condors. Winter may be a quiet time for us concerning condors, but it is not for the folks who work with these birds. I have divided the update into two sections; one for Arizona and the other for California.
Arizona
The field crew has been working fifteen hour days to test and treat condors for lead poisoning. Although a large portion of the population has been treated, there is good news. Not one condor has died this past fall or winter. They all made it through the toughest part of the year: hunting season.
Better news, however, is that it is time to find a mate. Condors are beginning to pair up. If you would like to follow the soap opera, please follow the link to the Peregrine Fund’s Notes from the Field, http://www.peregrinefund.org/notes_category.asp?category=California%20Condor%20Releases%20in%20Arizona.
Last but not least condor #459, the Vermillion Cliffs chick, has flown to the release site for the first time a little over a week ago. Until then the chick had a convenient nest cave location with ledges and pinnacles nearby plus the parents were bringing in food so there was no reason to fly anywhere.
The Peregrine Fund will be releasing four never before released condors on March 15.
California
The condors in Southern California already have one egg laid in the wild this year. It was probably laid in January. One egg has been laid in the captive population.
The four remaining 2007 wild fledged chicks are all females. This brings the total wild fledged condors in California to six. One fledged in 2004 and one in 2006, but I am not sure that they are all flying in the wild.
It looks like the condor reintroduction program in California is beginning to have some success. Let us hope that this year will be the best yet for the entire reintroduction program.
Pat Brown
Park Guide
Grand Canyon National Park
P O Box 129
Grand Canyon, AZ 86023
phone: 928-638-7643/7644
fax: 928-638-7642
"Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have."
Margaret Mead
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Ms. Marker Marshall
Park Ranger--Interpretation
Grand Canyon National Park
P.O. Box 129
Grand Canyon, AZ 86023
voice: (928) 638-7830
fax: (928) 638-7776
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