November 5, 2004
Condor Numbers Update
Here are highlights of the Condor population, courtesy Grand Canyon National Park Ranger Marker Marshall:
Highlighted numbers from the Nov 1 stats:
World total is still officially 246. (#300/tag 00 is still unaccounted for in AZ as is one of the wild birds in Baja, but one hopes they will re-appear.) AZ wild population is now at 49, since three of the six remaining one-year-olds were released from Vermilion Cliffs on October 16 (#291/tag 91, #293/tag -3, #316/tag 16). Our 49 wild condors = 44 flying + 3 being held at V.C. + 2 nestlings.
[View a complete population table (in Adobe Reader format)for all Condors at the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) Condor Site. -editor]
Deer & elk hunting seasons continue intermittently through Dec 9--Read more about that, about what's new with this year's chicks and last year's at Chris Parish's Oct 27 "Notes From the Field" on the Peregrine Fund web site.
Posted by The Naturalist at November 5, 2004 7:15 PM