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WELL, Maybe, I have found a new and reliable source
for Condor information, remember I said maybe.
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.
10/30/2007
Hunters and Condor enthusiasts:
Since the issue of lead ammunition and condors has been so much in the news
lately, you may find the following link helpful. It's an excellent 2-page
summary of the lead issue by Peregrine Fund scientists.
http://www.peregrinefund.org/pdfs/Commentaries/PositionLeadAmmunition2007.pdf
condors up date
Condor Enthusiasts-- This year's Grand Canyon (Tapeats Creek) condor chick, #441, has fledged! The youngster was seen above its nest cave at about 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 24. Grand Canyon National Park Volunteer Greg Ringger and Biological Science Technicians Jeremy White and Hattie Oswald saw it and continued to observe it through a spotting scope. This was the first time that anyone had been to check on this remote location since the chick's existence was first confirmed in September, so we don't know when its first flight actually occurred. It was observed taking another short flight (20-30 feet or so) in the area above its Redwall nest cave. It was also seen being fed by its mama, number 210, exhibiting a healthy appetite! It probably hasn't taken the Big Flight down to the bottom of the Redwall yet, but it has definitely flown and left its nest cave, so it can be officially counted as the 6th Arizona chick to fledge and the 4th within Grand Canyon National Park since the releases began here in December of 1996. (All fledglings are alive and well except for the first, #305, who died back in March of 2005.) If all goes well, Arizona's 7th fledging should take place around early December when Vermilion Cliffs chick #459 takes its first flight. The other big piece of California Condor news is that on Saturday, October 13, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Ridley-Tree Condor Preservation Act. The new law will require hunters in portions of California where condors are found to use only non-lead ammunition on big game and coyotes, starting July 1, 2008. In Arizona there is no such law, but hunters continue to be encouraged to switch forms of ammunition and hunters on a certain portion of the North Kaibab National Forest are once again being sent coupons good for two free boxes of copper bullets. The new law in California requires that the California Fish and Game Commission look into funding sources to establish a similar program there. On October 7, four condors were released (#423 & #265) or re-released (#324 and 392) from Vermilion Cliffs. Counting Tapeats Creek fledgling #441 and Vermilion Cliffs chick #459, that brings us up 63 wild condors in Arizona/Utah. I've updated the chart accordingly and attached it below. The count of 63 wild birds includes two that are currently being held for behavioral reasons (#282 and #327). As of October 1, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the world total of California Condors as 305. California's wild total is 78, counting six birds in temporary captivity as well as three wild chicks and three 2007 fledglings. (Their wild fledglings from 2004 and 2006 are also alive and well.) Baja is at 16, counting two in temporary captivity. Few condors are being seen around the South Rim these days, and the daily Condor Talks at Lookout Studio have finished for the season. (See attached file: CondorchartTAG Oct 07.doc) 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
--Marker
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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