California condors

Posted by WDCarrier on Sun Jul 22, 2018 12:09 pm

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Pyramid Reservoir, California-1986
Last wild breeding pair of California condors taken from boat in late summer, 1986.
Pentax Spotmatic, 400mm lens, Kodak 64 film, handheld
Image digitized in 2008 and original transparency sent to archives.

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by Mike in O on Sun Jul 22, 2018 1:03 pm

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Isn't it nice the type of photos we can get now...Going to school in Santa Barbara in the 60's, we would spot them hiking the Ventura River.

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by Ron Day on Sun Jul 22, 2018 1:49 pm

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Great condor moment from the distant past, Dean.

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by Mako_Elite on Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:08 pm

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Very very rare shot of wild California Condors. Few years ago I went to "The World Center For Birds Of Prey" in Idaho. They had California Condors there and I got some amazing shots of Condors with wings spread wide. Massive wingspan. You can only fully appreciate it until you are standing right in front of it.
At one point there was only 22 living California Condors remaining. Thru captive breeding , especially the "The World Center For Birds Of Prey" in Idaho,
population is over 460 or so. Long way the go to get the numbers higher.
I really hope that bird will survive for future generations.

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by Mike in O on Mon Jul 23, 2018 11:14 am

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Mako_Elite wrote:Very very rare shot of wild California Condors. Few years ago I went to "The World Center For Birds Of Prey" in Idaho. They had California Condors there and I got some amazing shots of Condors with wings spread wide. Massive wingspan. You can only fully appreciate it until you are standing right in front of it.
At one point there was only 22 living California Condors remaining. Thru captive breeding , especially the "The World Center For Birds Of Prey" in Idaho,
population is over 460 or so. Long way the go to get the numbers higher.
I really hope that bird will survive for future generations.

Ludo

The Los Angles and San Diego zoo were the primary breeding sites but an effort has been made to disperse the breeding sites to protect from disease. The Northwest has 2, one run by the Portland Zoo and the Idaho facility. Though native to the northwest, no effort will be taken to release them here because of lead poisoning from hunting.

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by Paul Fusco on Mon Jul 23, 2018 11:20 am

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Nice, historical image,
Lets hope that our policy makers continue with the long slow process that has been successful. And that the right decisions are being made to benefit this Endangered species.

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