Pinnacles National Park California Condor Reestablishment – Annual Report 2014
Wolstenholme R, Welch A, Jones J, Scherbinski S, Emmons G, Punzalan A, Powell D, Fielding R. 2014. Pinnacles National Park California Condor Reestablishment – Annual Report 2014. National Park Service
California condors are one of the rarest birds in the world and biologists have been committed to their recovery for over three decades. The Condor Reestablishment Program at Pinnacles National Park (PNP) has several objectives, with the goal of species recovery in the wild. Project objectives include: 1) monitoring central California condor foraging behavior, nesting and reproduction, and population trend; 2) detecting and recovering mortalities so cause of death can be determined; 3) managing threats to condors through treatment; 4) increasing public awareness of threats to condor recovery; and 5) conducting cooperative research to aid condor recovery. Together with the Ventana Wildlife Society (VWS), PNP manages a flock of approximately 60 condors in central California. During 2014, the Pinnacles condor program monitored all birds in the flock, which range approximately 90 miles north to south and 60 miles east to west. PNP managed condors and VWS-managed condors make up a single flock, overlap in range, feed together, and are captured at both release sites (located in the park and in Big Sur, CA). This report focuses on Pinnacles Condor Program management of birds released from the park but includes some VWS-managed condor data.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Wolstenholme, Rachel; Welch, Alacia; Jones, Jennie; Scherbinski, Scott; Emmons, Gavin; Punzalan, Arianna; Powell, Danielle; Fielding, Rose
- Date of Issue
- 2014
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Keywords
- California condors
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | At-risk Biota | T&E Species and Communities , NPS.gov Subject Site: At-Risk Species , NPS.gov Subject Site: California Condors