Release Sites for the California Condor
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Contents
Release Sites by State
California
- Pinnacles National Park
- Ventana Wildlife Society
- Operates Big Sur and San Simeon release sites in national parks
- Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge
- New one soon to open in NorCal
Arizona
- Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
Site Management Information
Pinnacles National Park
Pinnacles National Park is part of the California Condor Recovery Program and operates a California Condor Release Site where juveniles are transferred from captive breeding facilities and released. Condors are bred at captive facilities like the Los Angeles Zoo, San Diego Zoo, Safari Park, Oregon Zoo, and World Center for Birds of prey until they are 18 months old. Juveniles are transported to Pinnacles National Monument where flight pens are used in remote areas to acclimate the birds to the new environment for a minimum of 2 months. While acclimating in the flight pens, birds are monitored by biologists and have interactions with the wild flock through the flight pen mesh.