Pinnacles National Park California Condor Reestablishment – Annual Report 2017
Wolstenholme R, Welch A, Vanesky K, Fielding R, Emmons G, Tibor K, Robinson S. 2017. Pinnacles National Park California Condor Reestablishment – Annual Report 2017. National Park Service
California condors are one of the rarest bird species in the world and biologists have been committed to their recovery or over three decades. The Condor Reestablishment Program at Pinnacles National Park (PNP) has several objectives with the goal of species recovery in the wild: 1) monitoring central California condor population trends by documenting foraging, movements, nesting, and reproduction; 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 90 condors in central California. During 2017, the Pinnacles condor program monitored all birds using the central CA area: those managed by PNP and VWS. PNP-managed condors and VWS-managed condors make up a single flock, overlap in range, feed together, and are captured at two release sites: one based in the park and one in Big Sur, CA. This report summarizes data on birds managed by PNP and also includes some VWS data on the condors they manage.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Wolstenholme, Rachel; Welch, Alacia; Vanesky, Kris; Fielding, Rose; Emmons, Gavin; Tibor, Kyle; Robinson, Savannah
- Date of Issue
- 2017
- 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