Peter Gent wrote: ...
Finally, someone asked about California Condors. All the birds that have > been seen in Colorado have had big wing tags with numbers on them, which > means they are released birds. Thus the Records Committee decided not to > include this species on the state list. I believe the population is > reproducing naturally now, so when one of these birds is seen in Colorado, > then it will be added to the state list. > Peter, The condors at Vermillion Cliffs are reproducing in the wild (as they are at other sites), but the wild-born are trapped, examined, and then tagged just like captive-born birds. Tag numbers and status can be found here - https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/nature/upload/CondorChart20150703.pdf It will be a while before we see condors without wing tags. Greg Mihalik -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/49f63875-82ce-4a21-80cf-532fab0491ea%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
