On May 12, all eight of the North Coast’s California condors were inside the release enclosure where they began their new lives — and took off on their first flights into the wild — after being enticed back in by offerings of carrion in preparation for this week’s twice-yearly exams. Along with the chance to […]
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Mentor Condor 746 Being Moved Due to Bird Flu Concerns
The first California condor in more than a century to land on the North Coast arrived by plane March 25 from an Idaho breeding facility. For nearly a year, the 7-year-old male known as No. 746 — with the nickname Paaytoqin, which in Nez Perce means “come back” — has helped raise the eight condors […]
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Lead Ammo in Poached Elks Could Have Killed Condors
Two elks were killed by poachers using lead ammo in an area frequented by the California condors now flying free in the region, putting the endangered birds’ lives in danger. According to a release from the Northern California Condor Restoration Program — a partnership between the Yurok Tribe and Redwood National and State Parks — […]
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Condor A6 Joins Growing North Coast Flock in the Wild (with Video)
After several tries, A6 — the last of a second cohort of California condors that arrived in mid-August as part of the Yurok Tribe-led effort to return the endangered species they hold sacred and know as prey-go-neesh to its historic range — is now flying free. The eighth of the massive birds with a nearly […]
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Another Shot at Freedom for Condor A6 Set for Saturday
The Northern California Condor Restoration Program will try again Saturday to release the bird currently known as A6 after two previous attempts this week. According to the NCCRP team, Thursday’s eight-hour effort was called off after A6 (and mentor bird No. 746) seemed hesitant to enter the trap area on the side of the main […]
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A7 Makes Seven Condors Flying Free on the North Coast (with Video)
Another California condor is now flying free on the North Coast. A7 left the Northern California Condor Restoration Program enclosure just before 2:30 p.m. today, becoming the second female in the local flock. A6, a young male, had also been set for release but he was “dawdling a bit,” according to the NCCRP team, and […]
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Two More California Condors Set to Fly Free
If all goes as planned, two more California condors will be taking a first flight into the wild Wednesday, bringing to eight the number of the endangered birds now flying free over the North Coast as part of a Yurok Tribe-led effort to bring back the bird they know as prey-go-neesh to its former territory. […]
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Six Condors Now Fly Free Over Humboldt
There are now six California condors flying over the skies of Humboldt County after two more took their first forays into the wild today as part of a Yurok Tribe-led effort to return the endangered species they know as prey-go-neesh to the north reaches of its former territory. The two birds —A4 and A5 — […]
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Condor Release Attempt Set for Monday
If all goes as planned, the number of California condors flying free over Humboldt County will increase to six on Monday as part of a Yurok Tribe-led effort to return the endangered species they know as prey-go-neesh to the northern reaches of its former territory. The two birds that will take their first foray into […]
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First Condor Release Set for Tomorrow
Two California condors are slated to be released into Redwood National and State Parks tomorrow, becoming the first to soar over the North Coast in more than a century. It’s a moment the Yurok Tribe has been working toward for 15 years, with the flight not only marking the captive-born birds’ first foray into the wild […]
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Condo of Condors Making Themselves at Home, Causing Quite a Scene
With the countdown on to the first California condors making their way back to the wilds of Humboldt County in a century, a group of the endangered birds — a gathering known as a “condo” or a “scarcity” — has taken a liking to one woman’s deck, roof and yard, apparently creating quite the scene. […]
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Prey-go-neesh One Step Closer to Soaring in Humboldt Skies
After nearly a century, California condors will soon once again soar over Yurok ancestral lands, the culmination of years of work by the tribe on behalf of the bird Yurok people know as prey-go-neesh. Nearly lost to extinction in the 1980s, condors are integrally connected to the Yurok Tribe and others in the region, where […]