CALIFORNIA CONDOR POPULATION SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION
July 1, 2004
(status through June 30, prepared July 7)
TOTAL POPULATION 248
CAPTIVE POPULATION 149
Los Angeles Zoo 27
San Diego WAP 30
WCBP Boise 55
Oregon Zoo 13
Mentor birds in field pens 3
Pre-release birds in field pens 21
Southern California 0
Central California 12
Baja California 3
Arizona 6
WILD POPULATION 99
California 47
Southern California-released birds 20
Flying 20
Central California-released birds 24
Flying 22
Recaptured, temporarily held in field pen 2
Nestlings in wild 3
Baja California 5
Flying 5
Arizona 47
Flying 44
Recaptured, temporarily held in field pen 1
Nestlings in wild 2
Changes June:
Six pre-release birds transferred from Southern California release site to Central California release site
LAZ received 1 captive-laid egg from Oregon Zoo for incubation
Wild, Arizona – 2 chicks hatched
Eggs laid in 2004:
Los Angeles Zoo – 5 eggs: 2 hatched; 2 nestlings
Los Angeles Zoo – 4 eggs from other facilities: 4 hatched; 3 nestlings
San Diego WAP – 11 eggs: 1 transferred to LAZ, 8 hatched; 8 nestlings;
WCBP Boise – 29 eggs: 2 transferred to LAZ, 15 hatched; 14 nestlings
Oregon Zoo – 2 eggs: 1 transferred to LAZ, 1 hatched; 1 nestling
Wild, California – 3 eggs: 3 hatched; 3 nestlings
Wild, Arizona – 2 eggs: 2 hatched; 2 nestlings
California Department of Fish and Game
Habitat Conservation Planning Branch
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/hcpb/species/t_e_spp/tebird/Condor%20Pop%20Stat.pdf

http://peregrinefund.org/condor_factsheet.asp

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