41. The Biogeography Of California Condor Currently the california condor is endangered. Its distribution is limitedto Arizona, Southern and Central california (Los Angeles Zoo 2001). http://bss.sfsu.edu:224/courses/Fall01 projects/condor.htm

San Francisco State University Department of Geography Geography 316: Biogeography In progress The Biogeography of California Condor ( Gymnogyps californianus) by Kaoru Dobeta, student in Geography 316, Fall 2001 From the Hawk Conservancy By Clendenen. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Kingdo m Animalia Phylum : Chordata Family : Vertebrate Class : Aves Order : Ciconmiiformes Genus : Gymnogyps Species : Gymnogyps californianus Description of Species The California condor is the largest flying land bird in North America. Adults weigh approximately 10 kilograms (22 pounds) and have a wingspan up to 2.9 meters. Adults have a bare, orange or yellow-orange head and neck, and a white bill. Both sexes of this species have similar coloration (Brown 1997). Its head and neck are bare of hair or feathers, except on the forehead which is covered with stiff, black feathers. There is a prominent ruff of lanceolate feathers around the neck. The condor's back, wings, tail, and under parts are black. The underwing coverts and axillaries are white. Its bill and feet are gray horn colored, with a small patch of red on the knees (Palmer 2001). 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 (Brown 1997). The size comparison of Condor ( Darlington 1987 Habitat/Distribution 11,000 years ago, condors were native to several different parts on the continent. Sightings were recorded in upstate New York, Florida, British Columbia, and throughout the Southwest and northern Mexico.

42. 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/showSpeciesIMG.asp?imageID=16936

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44. Endangered And Threatened Species Recovery Program Status of Listed Species and Recovery Plan Development. california condor.Gymnogyps californianus endangered. california. Current Status http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/others/recoprog/states/species/gymncali

Status of Listed Species and Recovery Plan Development California Condor Gymnogyps californianus Endangered California Current Status: The captive breeding program has increased the number of California condors from only 27 in 1987 to 64 in 1992. Continuing threats include loss of habitat, poisoning, and illegal shooting. Achievements: The improved status of the California condor is primarily the result of the successful captive breeding program. The program developed a multiple clutching technique that involved removing eggs from the nests and incubating them artificially. This stimulated the condors to lay second or even third clutches each breeding season. Additionally, an experimental Andean condor release project was successful in developing release techniques for California condors, as well as training biologists to perform and monitor condor releases. Two California condors bred in captivity were released into the wild in 1992. Section 7 consultations with the Forest Service resulted in the establishment of buffer zones around historic condor nesting and roosting sites, burial of powerlines in condor flight zones, and control on the timing and methods of oil development within critical parts of the condor's range. Current Recovery Needs: The condor breeding program should be expanded to accommodate the growing captive population. Additional release sites should be established in California, and at least one release site established outside the State. Also, research addressing contaminants in the condor's historical range should be initiated.

45. Endangered Species Web Site endangered Status. What caused the california condor to be endangered?Lead poisoning, illegal shooting, power lines, and loss of habitat. http://www.d230.org/vja/research/science/biology/zoo2001/student51/

Projects of Animal Behavior Class,2001 Mr. Tom Kearney Mr. Tim Prost California Condor Grant Barus Background Physical Characteristics Size * Length * Height (wingspan) * Weight 46 to 55 inches 3 meters 16 to 24 pounds Coloration/Skin Mainly black with white under its wings. It has a bare head and the neck is orange and sometimes yellowish or gray. Special Adaptations of Sense Organs They have sharp claws and bald heads and necks so when they are eating carcasses no feathers would be in the way and get all bloody. Male/female differences There is no observable difference between them. Habitat Diet They are carnivores. They feed on dead red meat and salmon. They never eat anything unless its dead. Habitat Description They inhabit rugged canyons, gorges, and forested mountains mainly between 985 and 8,860 feet and nest primarily between 2,000 and 4,500 feet. Nesting sites are characterized by extremely steep, rugged terrain with dense brush surrounding high sandstone cliffs. Nests are located in caves, potholes, crevices, and ledges located on rock escarpments. Range Reproduction Courtship Behavior The male stands with his wings out Mating Season They begin mating February and March every other year.

46. Ventura Fish & Wildlife Office - Species Accounts Listing and Recovery. The california condor was federally listed as endangered onMarch 11, 1967 (32 FR 4001), and state listed as endangered on June 27, 1971. http://ventura.fws.gov/speciesaccount/birds/cal_condor.htm

California Condor Gymnogyps californianus picture Listing and Recovery . The California condor was federally listed as endangered on March 11, 1967 (32 FR 4001), and state listed as endangered on June 27, 1971. Critical habitat was designated on September 24, 1976 (41 FR 187), in Tulare, Kern, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties. The Condor Recovery Plan (Service 1996) was revised in 1996. To assist in the recovery of condors, a captive breeding program was established in 1981 to provide captive-reared condors to release to the wild. The Service began reintroducing California condors to the wild in 1992, and as of March 26, 1999, 34 birds in California and 22 birds in Arizona are being closely monitored in the wild. No birds have bred yet in the wild. Because of deaths from contact with power lines, condors started undergoing power line aversion training in 1995 before their release. In 1997, two more condors died as a result of power line collisions (Service 1998). Description . The California Condor is a member of the Cathartidae family or new world vultures. With a wing span of nearly 3 meters (10 feet) and weighing approximately 10 kilograms (22 pounds), it is one of the largest flying birds in the world, as well as one of the rarest. Adults are black except for white underwing linings and edges of the upper secondary coverts. The head and neck are mostly naked; the skin on the neck area is gray, grading into various shades of yellow, red, and orange on the head. Males and females cannot be distinguished by size or plumage characteristics. Condors do not kill for food but feed on available carrion.

47. Ventana Wilderness Society California Condor Life History californianus) were listed as endangered under the Federal endangered Species Acton The california condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is a member of the family http://www.ventanaws.org/condhist.htm

Ventana Wilderness Society CALIFORNIA CONDOR LIFE HISTORY Click for full photo (15K) Home Page About VWS Condors Condor Cam Release Field Notes 2002 Notes 2001 Notes 2000 Notes 1999 Notes Life History Cool Facts Eagles Education Habitat Ornithology Lab Big Sur Center Join VWS Species status California condors ( Gymnogyps californianus ) were listed as endangered under the Federal Endangered Species Act on March 11, 1967. As of January 2000, the total population of California condors was 158 birds and 53 of those were in the wild. Taxonomy The California condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ) is a member of the family Cathartidae or New World vultures, a family of seven species, including the closely related Andean condor ( Vultur gryphus ) and the sympatric turkey vulture ( Cathartes aura Physical Characteristics California Condors are the largest North American land birds and among the largest flying birds in the world. An adult condor will weigh about 22 pounds and can have a wingspan of up to 9.5 feet. Adults are mostly black with white underwing patches. Similar to their relatives, the vultures, they have no feathers on their heads or feet. Juvenile condors are grayish-black, with short feathers on their heads that they lose as they grow older. The bright orange-red colored head and the white patches under the wings are easy ways to distinguish adult California Condors from juveniles. Males and females cannot be distinguished by size or plumage characteristics. Historical Range

48. ChevronTexaco - Community News 183. Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton holds a plaque depictingthe endangered california condor. Photo by John Sorensen. The http://www.chevrontexaco.com/social_responsibility/community/2001nov12_ventana_w

Helping Eagles, Condors and Children in California This condor was born in the Los Angeles Zoo, raised in captivity and introduced into the wild on Dec. 12, 1997. Photo by Joe Burnett of the Ventana Wilderness Society. BIG SUR, Calif., Nov. 12, 2001 The Ventana Wilderness Society, a small nonprofit group based in the rugged Big Sur Valley on California's central coast has recognized ChevronTexaco for its sponsorship over the last 15 years. A formally worded declaration from the group's board of directors gave the company a big "thanks" for helping it reintroduce bald eagles and California condors into the wild. In addition, company contributions have supported the Ventana Wilderness Society nature education camp for local children. ChevronTexaco "has dedicated its staff, volunteer time, and corporate support to help make the programs of Ventana Wilderness Society successful," reads the official award of recognition. ChevronTexaco began contributing to the society in 1986, supporting a bald eagle reintroduction program. After the success of that program, ChevronTexaco in 1997 began sponsoring the group's California condor program. Today, 71 bald eagles released by the society are living in the wild and have hatched 41 eaglets. Eighteen condors the society released also live in the wild. "Our program is one of the most successful reintroduction programs in the United States Without companies like ChevronTexaco that wouldn't have been possible," says Sal Lucido, the group's co-founder and president of the board of directors. "With the bald eagles, we started from a population of zero in this part of California. We've helped get the bald eagle off the 'endangered' list and onto the 'threatened' list. The population now is self-sustaining and it's only a matter of time before it's no longer threatened."

49. Benjamin Middle School Resources Endangered Species endangered Animals of california (condor, kit fox); endangeredspecies.com; endangeredSpecies Spaceship Earth (good info on survival threats for sea turtles http://www.benj25.dupage.k12.il.us/Endangered Species.htm

Endangered Species (sponsored by Save the Tiger Fund) American Grizzly Bear (species survival page) Animal Diversity Web (part of the WWW Virtual Library) Animal Info Asian Elephants (mentions abundance) Bear Den (good all-around bear site) Big Cats Online Black-footed Ferret Black-footed Ferret : Recovery Implementation Team Brookfield Zoo Brown Pelican Brown Pelican (NOAA) California Condor California Condor (LA Zoo) California Condor (San Diego Zoo) Caribbean Conservation Corp . (sea turtles) Cat Tales Zoological Park (more than just "cats") Cheetah Spot Cincinnati Zoo (click on "Animals & Plants") Clouded Leopard Project Cyber Zoomobile (clouded leopard) Cyber Zoomobile (snow leopard) Defenders of Wildlife Discovering Whales EcoWorld - Animals EELink: Endangered Species Electronic Zoo - Animal Resources Elephant Information Respository : About Elephants endangeredspecies.com Endangered Species (U.S. FWS) (North American animals) Florida Panther Florida Panther Society Franklin Institute (vertebrate animals hotlist) Friends of the National Zoo Galapagos Giant Tortoise Galapagos Tortoise (Honolulu Zoo) Galapagos Tortoise (keeper interview at LA Zoo) Giant Panda (National Zoo) Giant Panda (San Diego Zoo) Golden Lion Tamarin (Honolulu Zoo) Golden Lion Tamarin (Rare Species Conservatory Foundation) Gorilla Fund (FAQs about mountain gorillas) Great Cats of the World Grizzly Bear Mortalities Mount (Environmental News Network)

50. Los Gatos Weekly-Times | Carl Heintze: California Condors it was man who shot, poisoned and otherwise destroyed the california condor and his tobelieve I am opposed to guarding and protecting all endangered species. http://www.svcn.com/archives/lgwt/04.04.01/heintze-0114.html

April 4, 2001 Los Gatos, California Since 1881 Good intentions can't fool Mother Nature By Carl Heintze It seems to me the time has come for the California condor. I know this is heresy to the hundreds of environmentalists who, over the years, have expended millions of dollars and thousands of hours, trying to save the big, black, ungainly birds. But no condors alive today are birds that bred in the wild. Either they are hatched in captivity and transplanted back into the hills, or descended from such birds. And their numbers are few. The condors who once soared gracefully over the dry hills of California are no more than a handful. Accomplishing this has taken years of careful tending, including feeding the newly hatched with hand puppets that pretend to be mothers and fathers of the chicks, and releasing fearfully the juvenile condors to places where they once roamed the skies. The native condor rangealthough it is not really native to these transplanted creaturesis what might be called northern Southern California. But, alas, it is no longer the wild range that the ancestors of today's condors know. Today's condors, of course, don't understand this, nor any of the other habitats that condor lovers favor. Man has moved in to occupy much of the space the condors once enjoyed, more or less, by themselves.

51. Econetwork Links Brooklyn Bird Club Home Page. california condor (endangered Species), Wildlife SpeciesInformation US Fish and Wildlife Service. california condor Restoration. http://www.econetwork.net/links.htm

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52. California Condor Nest Receives A Live Condor Egg; Wild Condor Egg Hatches At LA Zoo this week switched an artificial california condor egg with a captiverearedegg that is expected to hatch soon in hopes that the endangered birds will http://pacific.fws.gov/news/2001/2001-84.htm

Pacific Region News Release June 19, 2001 Department of the Interior 2493 Portola Road Ventura, CA 93022 Phone: 805/644-1766 Fax: 805/644-3958 Contact: John Brooks, Greg Austin, or Marc Weitzel - (805) 644-5185 News Releases Home Page CALIFORNIA CONDOR NEST RECEIVES A LIVE CONDOR EGG; WILD CONDOR EGG HATCHES AT LA ZOO Biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Los Angeles Zoo this week switched an artificial California condor egg with a captive-reared egg that is expected to hatch soon in hopes that the endangered birds will learn how to raise a chick in the wild at their nest in the Los Padres National Forest in Santa Barbara County. Meanwhile, an egg retrieved from the same nest three weeks ago that would likely not have survived in the wild hatched June 17 at the Los Angeles Zoo after receiving extensive care from biologists there. The chick is being raised by captive adult condors that have previous parenting experience. The young condor, whose sex has yet to be determined, appears to be in good health and the captive birds have accepted the newly-hatched condor as their own.

53. Six More Endangered California Condors To Be Released In Southern California that soared over the Southern california mountains and a law that predated the existingEndangered Species Act In 1982, the condor population reached its lowest http://pacific.fws.gov/news/2001/2001-66.htm

Pacific Region News Release May 16, 2001 Department of the Interior 911 NE 11th Ave. Portland, Oregon 97232-4181 Phone: 503/231-6121 Fax: 503/231-2122 Contact: John Brooks, Greg Austin, or Marc Weitzel (805) 644-5185 News Releases Home Page SIX MORE ENDANGERED CALIFORNIA CONDORS TO BE RELEASED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MATING OF RELEASED CAPTIVE BORN CONDORS DOCUMENTED On May 22, 2001, six juvenile condors will be released to the wild, joining 28 other formerly captive condors already flying free in the mountains of California. The release will be done by staff from the Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex, field headquarters for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's California Condor Recovery Program. The six condors will be released from a simulated-cave holding pen, deep within the Sespe Condor Sanctuary near Fillmore, California. The birds have been held in a field pen for four months so they could become familiar with their surroundings and the free-flying condors before release. The pen has an attached aviary structure that allows short flights and provides extensive views over the rugged terrain. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists will remove the attached aviary the night before the release to allow the condors to fly free the next day.

54. Endangered Species: CSUF Library Research Guide: Home Page of Federal Regulations Lists of endangered Species Date of Listing endangered SpeciesAct of 1973 Text of Act Legislative History california condor Bald Eagle http://guides.library.fullerton.edu/endangered/

ENDANGERED SPECIES A Guide to Resources in CSUF's Pollak Library Home Books Articles Federal California ... CSUF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM Send comments to Catherine Kaye at ckaye@fullerton.edu Created: 11/30/00. Updated

55. Endangered Species: California Annual Report on the Status of california's Threatened and endangered Plantsand Animals (annual) OPAC RECORD; california condor (Gymnogyps californianus http://guides.library.fullerton.edu/endangered/california.htm

Endangered Species: CALIFORNIA A Guide to Resources in CSUF's Pollak Library Home Books Articles Federal California International Web Sites Kids California Endangered Species Act ... Pollak Library CALIFORNIA ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT TOP OF PAGE ONLINE This is the California Code section designated as the California Endangered Species Act. California Endangered Species Act: Summary This site gives a brief summary of the California law with definitions and a description of the petitioning process. PRINT West's Annotated California Code REFERENCE KFC30.5 .W4 Volume 31 (section 2050-2068) LISTS OF CALIFORNIA STATE-LISTED ENDANGERED SPECIES TOP OF PAGE California Code of Regulations , Title 14 Section 670.5 ONLINE: California Code of Regulations NOTE : go to Title 14 (Natural Resources) then Section 670.5 PRINT: REFERENCE KFC35 .A22 1999 NOTE: Paper index accompanies microfiche copies of the regulations] List of California Threatened and Endangered Species date of listing for all species that are currently state listed.

56. EWT - The Endangered Wildlife Trust california condor soars back into wild after 15 years in breeding program. NikiMoore SANDF, Wildlands Trust to assist Bearded Vulture. Anon. endangered http://www.ewt.org.za/working_groups/vsg1.htm

Working Groups - Vulture Study Group The Vulture Study Group (VSG) is a working group of the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), a non­profit, non­government citizen organisation. The VSG is an international organisation devoted to Acciptrid and Cathartid vulture research, conservation and education. VULTURE NEWS The Journal of the Vulture Study Group No. 46 March 2002 CONTENTS Articles R.E. Simmons: A helicopter survey of Cape Vultures Gyps coprotheres, Black Eagles Aquila verreauxii and other cliff-nesting birds of the Waterberg Plateau, Namibia, 2001. Notes Peter Low Cunningham: Vultures declining in the United Arab Emirates. Alvaro Camiña Cardenal: Observations of feeding Eurasian Griffons Gyps fulvus in Spain. Alvaro Camiña Cardenal: Presence of a healed fracture in the sinsacrum of an Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus. Dieter Oschadleus: Report on southern African vulture recoveries. Keith and Janice Wiggers: White Turkey Vulture. Commentary P.J. Mundy: When is a vulture a griffon? William S. Clark: Griffon Vulture is a species. News Anon.: Wild California Condor lays egg.

57. 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

Bakersfield Field Office: Photos Bookstore Recreation Search Upcoming Events ... Customer Feedback 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

58. California Condor The california condor is endangered because poachers are killing them, the buildingof homes destroys their habitat, and the use of toxic chemicals poisons them http://www.district96.w-cook.k12.il.us/central/3v/ea/eapages/Californiacondor.ht

59. 1Up Info > Wildlife, Animals, & Birds: California Condor | Gymnogyps Californian 68 p. 998 8. Goodloe, Robin B. 1984. Recent advances in the california condorresearch and recovery program. endangered Species Technical Bulletin. http://www.1upinfo.com/wildlife-plants-animals/animals/bird/gyca/references.html

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60. Preserving Endangered Species To Keep Every Cog And Wheel Is The Service to use vultures as surrogates to develop the techniques that could beused to save their larger and endangered relative, the california condor. http://uir2.uir.wisc.edu/Leopold/Leopold6.htm

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