| 22 Feb 10 - Recent Condor Mortalities Used to Expand Conservation Efforts |
| After three years without a confirmed mortality from lead poisoning, three California Condors have recently died from the biggest challenge to the species’ recovery. The condors, including a female and her chick from the previous year, were recovered by The Peregrine Fund. |
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| 21 Jan 10 - Public is Invited to Observe Release of Captive-bred California Condors to the Wild on 6 March in Arizona |
| Two California Condors will be released to the wild in the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in northern Arizona at 11 a.m., Saturday, 6 March. The public is welcome to observe the release from a viewing area where spotting scopes will be set up and experts will be available to answer questions. |
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| 29 Jan 09 - Condor Release Scheduled for March 7 in Arizona |
| Four California Condors will be released to the wild in the Vermilion Cliffs Monument in northern Arizona at 11 a.m., Saturday, 7 March 2009. The public is welcome and encouraged to join us to observe the release from a viewing area where spotting scopes will be set up and experts will be available to answer questions. The site features a new informational kiosk, shade structure and restroom built by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. |
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| 16 Dec 08 - Wild-hatched Chicks Add to Growing Flock of California Condors |
| Two California Condor chicks fledged from their nests in the Grand Canyon in December, bringing the world’s population of endangered California Condors now flying free in the wild to 169. This is the first year that there are more condors flying free than are in captivity for breeding purposes. |
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| 04 Dec 08 - Two More California Condor Chicks Flying Free at Grand Canyon |
| Grand Canyon, AZ. – The Grand Canyon—a vast region of gorges and craggy spires so immense that it far exceeds the boundaries of any human definition of a park—is not just a spectacular landscape, but an ecosystem filled with prime wildlife habitat. As such, it is an important geographic focal point for the recovery of the endangered California Condor. This year, two wild chicks hatched and fledged in Grand Canyon National Park, bringing the Arizona population close to 70 and the word’s total population (captive and free-flying) to well over 320. |
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| 03 Jun 08 - Cooperative Effort Helps Condor Pairs Become Foster Parents |
| Two pairs of endangered California Condors are the foster parents of six-week-old chicks, thanks to a lot of delicate maneuvering by biologists in California and Idaho. The two chicks hatched in California on 21 April, one in a nest in Big Sur and the other in a nest in Ventura County. |
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| 20 Feb 08 - Condor Release Scheduled for 15 March 2008 in Arizona |
Four California Condors will be released to the wild in the Vermilion Cliffs Monument in northern Arizona at 11 a.m., Saturday, 15 March. The public may observe the release from a viewing area where spotting scopes will be set up and experts will be available to answer questions.
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| 19 Jul 07 - Endangered California Condor Chicks Hatch in the Wild |
| Biologists recently confirmed a new condor chick produced in the wild at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument by California Condors that were captive-bred by The Peregrine Fund in Boise, Idaho. They believe another chick is likely in the Grand Canyon. |
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| 28 Feb 07 - Endangered Condors to be Released into the Wild |
| Once every spring, people can gather in Arizona for a unique opportunity that very few other states offer: to witness the release into the wild of endangered California Condors. The public is invited to attend this year’s release on Saturday, 3 March at 11 a.m. when seven condors will be released at the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument. |
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| 28 Nov 06 - Arizona Public Services Gift of the Sun to Condors (adapted from APS staff notes on the project) |
| Arizona Public Service (APS) has made life much easier for California Condor field biologists for The Peregrine Fund and helped to improve the work they do to preserve these amazing giant birds. In early November, APS brought up a 3,000 pound array of nine solar panels – enough to supply 30 amps of power to the holding pen and a field lab on top of the Vermilion Cliffs. This will keep the water supply thawed through the winter, make it possible to utilize video cameras for remote observation, and supply electricity directly to the field lab. |
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| 31 Jul 06 - Endangered California Condor Recovered and Released After Cooperating Agencies Rallied to Save It |
| An endangered California Condor is back in the wild, after making a miraculous recovery from lead poisoning. Nearly five months after the bird was exposed to lead and first became sick, it was released at the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Arizona. |
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| 05 Dec 05 - Rare Wild-hatched California Condor Chick Takes Flight |
| For only the fifth time in 20 years, a wild-hatched California Condor is taking flight on its own. This week, an endangered condor chick, which hatched at the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Arizona this spring, successfully fledged and took its first flight toward independence. |
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| 07 Jul 05 - Endangered Condor Hatchling in Arizona Confirmed--Another Nestling Likely |
| Biologists--treated to the image of a whitish puffball of a chick--have confirmed a California Condor hatching in Arizona. This is only the fourth condor to hatch in the wild in Arizona since the birds were reintroduced there in 1996. This marks a great success for the Condor Recovery Program that’s working to bring these birds back from the brink of extinction. |
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| 15 Apr 05 - New Condor Pairs Nesting in Arizona |
| In Arizona, this year’s California Condor breeding season began with a flourish with the production of eggs from two different pairs. Biologists observed two pairs displaying behavior that indicates each pair is incubating an egg. A new pair is incubating at a site north of the Grand Canyon in the Kaibab National Forest. Another pair established itself last year and is incubating at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument near the site where captive-bred condors are released into the wild. Hatching is expected to occur sometime in May with the chicks taking their first flights (fledging) in November. |
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| 29 Nov 04 - First Flights Successful for both California Condor Chicks Wild-Hatched this Spring in Arizona |
| The Thanksgiving holiday was truly a time of thanks and celebration for all those involved with and following the California Condor restoration project. Biologists, volunteers, and condor supporters have held their breath during November, waiting for two wild-hatched chicks to stretch their wings and take their risky inaugural flights. By Thursday afternoon, both chicks, now just over six months old, had successfully fledged. |
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| 31 Aug 04 - California Condor Restoration Project Wins National Award |
| The Peregrine Fund was specially recognized earlier this month for efforts in restoring California Condors to the Grand Canyon area and received the 4 C’s Award from the Department of Interior through the Bureau of Land Management. The award acknowledges performance that epitomizes the philosophy of consultation, cooperation, and communication, all in the service of conservation. |
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| 14 Jun 04 - California Condors Nesting in Arizona--Biologists Confirm Existence of Young at Two Nesting Locations |
| Biologists recently confirmed the existence of two California Condor nestlings in northern Arizona using behavioral observations of adult birds as an indicator. One condor chick was produced at a nest site in Grand Canyon National Park, while the second chick was produced at a nest site located on the Bureau of Land Management’s Vermilion Cliffs National Monument. This marks the second consecutive year wild California Condors have been hatched in Arizona since releases began in 1996. |
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| 12 Mar 04 - Four Condors to be Released 20 March 2004 |
| Everyone is invited. Project biologists will be on site to provide program information. At the far west end of the Vermilion Cliffs, 27 miles west of Marble Canyon, Arizona on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Road 1065 (a.k.a. Upper House Rock/Coyote Valley Road) three miles north of US Highway 89A (at the western end of Vermilion Cliffs). This is a graded, sedan-accessible road. From this vantage point, attendees will have a clear, but distant, (one mile away and 1,000 feet up) view of the release facility atop the Vermilion Cliffs. |
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| 15 Dec 03 - More Condors on Their Way to Vermilion Cliffs |
| Arizona’s population of California Condors will increase on 19 December when ten condors will be transported to the release site in the Bureau of Land Management’s Vermilion Cliffs National Monument. All of the young condors hatched last year at The Peregrine Fund's World Center for Birds of Prey. |
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| 06 Nov 03 - Young California Condor in Arizona Takes Flight |
| Biologists from Grand Canyon National Park and The Peregrine Fund have confirmed the fledging of the first California Condor nestling in Arizona in perhaps over a century. The flight was observed at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 5 November. The chick jumped out looking like it wanted to land but there was nothing there. It ungracefully circled and landed 500 - 600 feet below cave in a remote canyon. |
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| 29 Sep 03 - Three California Condors to be Released on 4 October |
| On 4 October 2003, three additional California Condors will be released from an aviary atop the Vermilion Cliffs in Arizona. The 14th release in Arizona will increase the Southwest's population of North America's largest flighted bird to 37 in the wild, including one young in a nest. Four additional condors currently in the flight pen will be released later this year. |
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| 18 Aug 03 - Biologists Confirm California Condor Nestling in Arizona |
| Biologists from Grand Canyon National Park and The Peregrine Fund confirmed the existence of the first California Condor nestling in Arizona in decades, perhaps centuries. The sighting was confirmed on Saturday during an arduous 24-mile hike in 100 degree heat to observe the nest. The biologists observed the feathered chick at the edge of the nest cave near the top of a 400 foot cliff in the Salt Creek drainage. The chick appeared to be very healthy and is estimated to be 15-16 weeks of age. |
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| 02 Jun 03 - California Condors in Arizona May Have Nestling |
| Biologists have confirmed that at least three pairs of California Condors nesting in Arizona have each produced an egg. Two nests were unsuccessful but biologists continue to monitor the third to determine whether one pair may have produced a young condor. If so, this would be the first condor to hatch and survive in Arizona in decades. |
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| 27 Feb 03 - More California Condors to be Released in Grand Canyon Area |
| At 11:00 a.m. on 3 March 2003, biologists from The Peregrine Fund will release two additional California Condors from an aviary on top of the Vermilion Cliffs, near the Grand Canyon, in northern Arizona. The release of two of North America' s largest bird in northern Arizona will increase the population of free-flying California Condors in Arizona to 35. Both condors are males and hatched at The Peregrine Fund's World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho. Depending on conditions, a third condor may be released. |
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| 17 Jan 03 - Eight California Condors Transported to Arizona for Release |
| Arizona’s population of California Condors will increase to 41 with the arrival of eight young condors on 18 January. All eight condors hatched last year at The Peregrine Fund's World Center for Birds of Prey. On 1 January, there were 198 California Condors in the world, 80 of those are in the wild in Arizona, California, and Mexico. |
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| 11 Dec 02 - Three More California Condors Released in Arizona |
| Arizona now has 33 condors in the wild following the release of three additional birds on 9 December 2002 from atop the Vermilion Cliffs near the Grand Canyon, in Northern Arizona. This is the 12th release in the historic effort to restore North America’s largest bird to the Grand Canyon area. |
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| 11 Nov 02 - Another Wild Condor Found Dead-Second in Two Months |
| Another California Condor was found dead in Northern Arizona. Condor #258 was found dead in the Kaibab National Forest in northwestern Arizona. The carcass was found along Forest Road 22 near mile post 27 north of Big Springs. The young male hatched on 25 May 2001 at the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho and was released into the wild on February 16, 2002 along with seven other birds. |
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| 04 Sep 02 - Reward Offered for Information in California Condor Death |
| Three partners in the California Condor Recovery Program are offering awards for information regarding the recent death of a rare California Condor. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a reward of up to $10,000, as is The Peregrine Fund. The Arizona Game and Fish Department is offering up to $1,000. |
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| 28 Mar 02 - California Condor Populations at Reproduction Crossroads |
| Biologists in Arizona and California are monitoring the reproductive behavior of five pairs of California Condors. If any of the pairs are successful in incubating and hatching their single egg, it would be the first wild-hatched California Condor since 1984. |
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| 16 Feb 02 - California Condors to be Released in Northern Arizona. |
| On 16 February 2002, biologists from The Peregrine Fund will release between six and eight of the 11 California Condors on top of the Vermilion Cliffs near the Grand Canyon in Northern Arizona. The remaining condors will be released at a later date. |
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| 27 Nov 01 - Twelve California Condors Go to Grand Canyon Area for Release |
| Twelve California Condors will be transported to a new home on public land on Arizona’s Vermilion Cliffs, near the Grand Canyon, on 27 November 2001. Eleven of the condors hatched this year at The Peregrine Fund’s breeding facility in Boise, the other is a female that hatched in 1999 and was brought back into captivity on 11 April 2000 due to her interaction with humans. Biologists have been observing this condor in captivity for over a year and a half and now feel that she is ready to be re-released. |
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| 27 Mar 01 - Wild California Condor Lays Egg: First Egg From Re-introduced California Condors |
| The first egg to be laid by a re-introduced California Condor occurred on 25 March, in the Grand Canyon National Park. Biologists from The Peregrine Fund discovered the egg in a cave in the Grand Canyon after observing nesting behavior at the same location for the past several days. The egg was found broken, not an unusual occurrence for condors on their first nesting attempt. |
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| 07 Dec 00 - Breeding-age California Condors to be Released |
| The first pair of breeding-age California Condors ever to be released into the wild will be released on 7 December 2000 at the Vermilion Cliffs in Arizona. They will join 15 young condors already flying free in the Grand Canyon area. |
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| 08 Nov 00 - Thirteen California Condors Go to Grand Canyon Area |
| Thirteen California Condors will be transported to a new home on public lands on the Vermilion Cliffs near the Grand Canyon on 8 November 2000. Seven of the condors (three males and four females) were hatched this year at The Peregrine Fund’s breeding facility in Boise and one (female) was hatched last year. Condor 186 which was originally released in 1998 and brought back into captivity due to his attraction to humans will be re-released. Also, two pairs of adult condors (hatched in California in 1991 and 1992) will be released with the hope they will start breeding in the wild. These are the first paired condors of breeding age to be released into the wild. |
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| 11 Jul 00 - Four California Condors Die in Arizona |
| Four California Condors released in Northern Arizona have recently died. Lead toxicity from the ingestion of lead has been confirmed to be the cause of death in three of the condors and is also suspected in the other one. Two other condors are being treated for lead toxicity. The remaining 16 have been captured or are being captured for further testing. They will be treated if necessary |
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| 07 Dec 99 - Seven More California Condors to be Released |
| Biologists from The Peregrine Fund will release seven California Condors on top of the Hurricane Cliffs near the Grand Canyon in Northern Arizona on December 7, 1999. This will be the fifth Arizona release of North America’s largest bird since December of 1996. These additional seven condors will increase the population of California Condors flying free in Arizona to 27. Two additional California Condors will remain in the release aviary for a few weeks. |
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| 18 Nov 99 - Endangered California Condors to be Released on 18 November 1998 |
| Biologists from The Peregrine Fund will release eight California Condors on top of the Hurricane Cliffs near the Grand Canyon in Northern Arizona on 18 November 1998. This will be the fourth release of North America’s largest bird since December of 1996. These additional eight condors will increase the population of California Condors flying free in Arizona to 22. |
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| 08 Nov 99 - Additional California Condors Go to Grand Canyon |
| On 8 November 1999, nine California Condors will be transported to a release aviary on public lands on the Hurricane Cliffs north of the Grand Canyon. All nine condors hatched at The Peregrine Fund's World Center for Birds of Prey and the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Eight hatched in 1999 and one hatched in 1995. |
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| 19 Mar 98 - Rare Birds Hatch on Same Day |
| Both the rare Harpy Eagle and the highly endangered California Condor took steps towards recovery with the successful hatching of an egg of each species on 19 March 1998 at The Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey. |
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| 25 Nov 97 - Twenty California Condors Move to World Center for Birds of Prey |
| Twenty California Condors began the longest flight of their lives on board an Idaho Air National Guard plane on 25 November 1997 when they were shipped from California to Boise to join The Peregrine Fund's World Center for Birds of Prey as part of the captive breeding program designed to recover this critically endangered species. |
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| 29 Apr 97 - Four More California Condors Released in Arizona |
| Four of the nine California Condors being held atop the 1,000-foot Vermilion Cliffs north of the Grand Canyon were released this morning (14 May 1997). At 7:00 a.m., Peregrine Fund biologists lifted the door of the condor pen and the birds cautiously hopped from their shelter and onto the lip of the cliff. |
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| 10 Jan 97 - Reintroduced California Condor Found Dead in Arizona |
| One of the California Condors recently released in northern Arizona was found dead at the base of the Vermilion Cliffs 10 January 1997. A seven-month old male hatched and reared by its parents at the Los Angeles Zoo, was the apparent victim of an encounter with a Golden Eagle. |
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| 29 Oct 96 - Endangered California Condors Transported to Grand Canyon |
| One California Condor from The Peregrine Fund's World Center for Birds of Prey will join five condors from California for a journey to a new home in Arizona on the Vermilion Cliffs near the Grand Canyon. All six condors hatched in 1996. The condors are expected to arrive at the Vermilion Cliffs at noon on Tuesday, 29 October 1996. |
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| 10 Aug 96 - California Condors Available for Public Viewing at the World Center for Birds of Prey |
| For the first time since the 1970s, two California Condors are available for public viewing at the Velma Morrison Interpretive Center at the World Center for Birds of Prey. The California Condor is one of the world's rarest birds with a population of 121 individuals. It is also North America's largest bird with a wingspan of 9 1/2 feet. Viewing opportunities are available through the Velma Morrison Interpretive Center. |
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| 29 May 96 - First Captive California Condor Hatches Outside of the State of California |
| A rare California Condor hatched 29 May 1996 at The Peregrine Fund's World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho. This chick represents the first of this endangered species known to have hatched outside of the State of California since the 1930s when a small population of condors still occurred in Baja California, Mexico. |
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| 01 May 96 - California Condor Release Enclosure |
| Biologists from The Peregrine Fund are transporting a California Condor release enclosure from Boise to Northern Arizona. The 2,000 pound enclosure is eight feet wide, twenty feet long, and five feet tall. In addition, a ten foot by 20 foot camouflaged fly pen is attached to the front. The enclosure was constructed and will be disassembled at the World Center for Birds of Prey. It will be transported in a trailer to Northern Arizona where it will be reassembled on top of the Vermilion Cliffs. |
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| 03 Jan 96 - The Peregrine Fund to Release California Condors in the Grand Canyon Area |
| The Peregrine Fund has been selected by the Department of the Interior to conduct releases of California Condors in the Grand Canyon area. Today, the Department of the Interior proposed that up to 10 California Condors be released in the wild in April of 1996 in northern Arizona. The young condors to be released will come from the captive propagation facilities at the Los Angeles Zoo and the San Diego Wild Animal Park. |
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| 15 Nov 94 - Endangered California Condors Transported to World Center |
| Four endangered California Condors began the longest flight of their lives today when they were transported from Southern California to The Peregrine Fund's World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho as part of the captive breeding program directed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and designed to recover this critically endangered species. Four additional condors will arrive on the same plane tomorrow. |
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