Comments on: California Condors Coming Your Way!

By: James Christian

James Christian — Tue, 01 May 2007 12:51:48 +0000

Tom,
The best people to notify about any observations are the Peregrine Fund. I worked on the first release of AZ. condors in 1996 and we always recommended that people keen on learning more about the Arizona condors , their conservation, to look at the website and email their observations.
Cheers, James Christian

By: Tom Tidyman

Tom Tidyman — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:25:14 +0000

I have photos of numbers 18, 71, 94. They were soaring and landed on the cliff edge right next where we parked our car on highway one south of the Nepenthe restaurant about 230 pm yesterday April 21st. Very exciting and I wanted to relay this information. Thanks, Tom Tidyman

By: bob veigel

bob veigel — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:57:45 +0000

Mrs Ellis,
The California Condors in Arizona are located in the Vermillioin Cliffs/Grand Canyon area of the State. I do know that there are many turkey vultures in the area of Surprise/WhitreTank Mountains. They also put on quite a show of soaring on the thermals in the area. Condors have not been seen this far south since they began reintroducing them to Arizona. If you would like to check on if it was a condor, you could go to The Peregrine Fund’s web site and check the field notes about California Condors in Arizona. There is a monthly report on condor activities that is published each month on this web site. There are also photos of the condors; both juvinile and adult.
Bob

By: Raeanna Ellis

Raeanna Ellis — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:17:48 +0000

My husband spotted a VERY large bird soaring in the wind currents above Surprise, Arizona (approximately 30 miles NW of Phoenix on Hwy. 60). We watched it with binoculars and are pretty sure it was a California Condor. He estimated the wingspan to be between 10 to 12 feet. It rode the currents, dove and put on quite a show. We were thrilled and wonder if they have been spotted here before. We will certainly have our eyes skyward in the future.

By: Susan O

Susan O — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:07:30 +0000

Thank you for the information about the condors and your program!