Release Sites for the California Condor

From CCoWS Wiki
Revision as of 15:27, 9 March 2021 by CaliforniaB (Talk | contribs)

Jump to: navigation, search

Release Sites by State

California

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.