[TN-Bird] Re: [birdky] California Condors are being successfully reintroduced in the
- From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
- To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, albirds@xxxxxxxxxxx,ARBIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 09:19:45 EST
In a message dated 2/21/03 7:49:04 AM Central Standard Time, hamm@xxxxxxxxxx
writes:
> Grand Canyon (AZ), south rim. We saw several there last spring.
>
>
California Condors being successfully reintroduced in the wild has really
not been determined, as their breeding there has been fraught with dead
young. We are successfully breeding them in captivity and restocking, but
will it be like trout, a put and take situation?
And therein lies the second tragedy, the female that once roamed free and had
hatched, while in captivity, many of the same birds that have now been
reintroduced, was returned to the wild in hopes of educating these young
birds. Condors have a long learning period as evidenced by their long
adolescents. These reintroduced birds are hanging around homes, drinking
antifreeze and dying of many causes for the lack of leadership. They have to
be taught things that are innate in other species, places to roost, places to
find food, altitudinal migration, etc. After all these years she was put back
into the wild to serve again and then only to be shot?
Good Birding!!!
Jeff R. Wilson
OL' COOT / TLBA
Bartlett Tenn.
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