Four California Condors Flying Over Big Sur

Four Condors flying over Big Sur just south of Deetjen's Big Sur Inn on 10/9/2007.

At the turn of the century, the California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) population began to plummet after decades of wanton shooting and poisoning. In 1987, the last wild condor was taken into captivity to join 26 others. Successful captive breeding dramatically increases the population size of this endangered species. Since 1995 the wild population of condors has dramatically increased, thanks to the efforts of all Recovery Program participants.

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[Gonecoastal1]

Bt..is that Brian? Very cool story, thank you for sharing! Hand drilled? I'm just picturing that. How very Big Sur.LOL

[Gonecoastal1]

Thanks for sharing..you must have great vision

[Gonecoastal1]

Good info, thank you. I'm down there once or twice a week and usually see two of them together. This day there was so much activity up there, it was hard to see which was which.

[btphelps]

My brother and I helped build the first release pens used to reintroduce the Condor into the Ventana Wilderness and Big Sur. We had no on-site power and hand drilled holes through telephone poles to mount the nest boxes. It's a thrill to see them having been successfully reintroduced.

[birderdj]

The group of birds are Turkey Vultures, the solitary bird is a Condor

[wraitheful]

those aren't condors