Comments on: California Condor Mate Selection: The Soap Opera Begins http://cacondorconservation.org/content/blog/blogs/2008/the-soap-opera-of-mate-selection-in-a-new-population-of-california-condors/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:27:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Shirley Sykes http://cacondorconservation.org/content/blog/blogs/2008/the-soap-opera-of-mate-selection-in-a-new-population-of-california-condors/#comment-4 Shirley Sykes Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://cacondorconservation.org/content/blog/blogs/2008/the-soap-opera-of-mate-selection-in-a-new-population-of-california-condors/#comment-4 This is such an excellent website, Michael. Thank you and all your co-workers for giving us all such a wealth of information. I have often seen the California condors on exhibition at Condor Ridge at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park, and would dearly love to see them flying again over San Diego County (as I understand one female did a few months ago!). And many, many thanks to the Park's courageous staff who were able to transport the condors to safety during last fall's fire storms! Please continue to keep us all informed, especially as we come into the new year's breeding season. This is such an excellent website, Michael. Thank you and all your co-workers for giving us all such a wealth of information. I have often seen the California condors on exhibition at Condor Ridge at the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park, and would dearly love to see them flying again over San Diego County (as I understand one female did a few months ago!). And many, many thanks to the Park’s courageous staff who were able to transport the condors to safety during last fall’s fire storms! Please continue to keep us all informed, especially as we come into the new year’s breeding season.

]]> By: Arlene L. Mandell http://cacondorconservation.org/content/blog/blogs/2008/the-soap-opera-of-mate-selection-in-a-new-population-of-california-condors/#comment-3 Arlene L. Mandell Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://cacondorconservation.org/content/blog/blogs/2008/the-soap-opera-of-mate-selection-in-a-new-population-of-california-condors/#comment-3 As a native New Yorker until 8 years ago, I was totally unaware of the existence of California condors. A few weeks ago I was driving north from Big Sur back to Santa Rosa, my home. A volunteer State Park Ranger had set up a display on Route 1 with binoculars, a chart and some condor feathers. I saw my first condors - 9 of them - and also, turning to the ocean, two gray whales heading for Mexico. I've gotten used to turkey vultures circling Sonoma Mountain and wild turkeys wandering on the road, but these birds are so powerful, so gigantic - truly the thunderbirds of the sky. As a native New Yorker until 8 years ago, I was totally unaware of the existence of California condors. A few weeks ago I was driving north from Big Sur back to Santa Rosa, my home. A volunteer State Park Ranger had set up a display on Route 1 with binoculars, a chart and some condor feathers. I saw my first condors - 9 of them - and also, turning to the ocean, two gray whales heading for Mexico.

I’ve gotten used to turkey vultures circling Sonoma Mountain and wild turkeys wandering on the road, but these birds are so powerful, so gigantic - truly the thunderbirds of the sky.

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