Pinnacles National Park California Condor Reestablishment – Annual Report 2015
Wolstenholme R, Welch A, Jones J, Scherbinski S, Emmons G, Punzalan A, King R. 2015. Pinnacles National Park California Condor Reestablishment – Annual Report 2015. 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, movements, nesting, reproduction, and population trends; 2) detecting mortalities and recovering condor carcasses so cause of death can be determined; 3) managing threats to condors; 4) increasing public awareness of threats to condors; and 5) conducting cooperative research to aid condor recovery. Together with the Ventana Wildlife Society (VWS), PNP manages a flock of approximately 80 condors in central California. During 2015, the Pinnacles condor program monitored all birds using the central CA area, as well as monitoring PNP-managed condors that traveled beyond their typical range. 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 also includes some VWS-managed condor data.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Wolstenholme, Rachel; Welch, Alacia; Jones, Jennie; Scherbinski, Scott; Emmons, Gavin; Punzalan, Arianna; King, Richie
- Date of Issue
- 2015
- 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