Condor Country Online Extras
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| California Condor Facts (5 printable pages) In the course of developing this issue, we learned a LOT about California Condors. Our favorite facts are collected here, like why only the last 2-digits condor numbers in this issue are on the condor, and when you can expect the heads of the condors in the Santa Barbara Zoo to change color from gray to pink or reddish-orange. |
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| California Condor Posters (4 printable posters) Just like the posters featured in this issue! |
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| California Condor Stickers (2 styles for printing) Use either Avery 5294 for 12 stickers (2.5” round) or any full-page sticker sheet for 6 square stickers. |
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| Make Your Own California Condor Wings! (printable instructions and feathers) With some kitchen parchment and two yardsticks, you can make a full-size set of wings in 20 minutes! |
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| Condor Costume Instructions Just like the ones Tessy & Tab have for Halloween! |
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| California Condor Coloring Pages (5 printable pages) |
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Links to learn more
The Zoos that helped us:
The Santa Barbara Zoo opened Condor Country in April 2009. With a spacious hilltop aviary overlooking part of their historic range, the Santa Barbara Zoo is one of only three zoos in the world to display the endangered, California condor, joining the San Diego Wild Animal Park and the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City.
The Oregon Zoo is rearing condor chicks at their breeding facility for re-introduction into the wild. Keeper Kelli (in our issue) is based on Oregon Zoo’s Head Condor Keeper Kelli Walker. David Moen, the Zoo’s Condor Research Associate is conducting fascinating fieldwork searching for condor remains to prove their historical range.
Our favorite condor videos online:
A condor egg hatches at the San Diego Zoo and in this video, you will see how the keepers feed the chick with a condor hand-puppet so they will not bond with people.
See Santa Barbara Zoo’s condor 440 spread her wings and spin around to dry her feathers using the warmth of the sun and wind. At least that is what the keepers think she is doing. Maybe she is just proud of her wings!
The Ventana Wildlife Society has rare footage of a condor egg hatching in the wild and a chick in its nest.
Links to some great articles on Condors:
An article on The Last Days of Wild Condors tell the story of Condors AC8 and AC9, who were among the few remaining condors in 1984. They are each great-grandparents of Condor 440 at the Santa Barbara Zoo.
Journalists at the Santa Barbara Independent have been covering Condors Close-Up this year. Their written accounts and amazing photos of trips into wild condor country are thrilling.
National Public Radio covers the latest research on the threat of lead poisoning to condors in this radio feature.
Condor Conservation Organizations:
The California Condor Recovery Program is managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
The Ventana Wildlife Society has been protecting falcons, eagles and condors for more than 30 years, and the have an Adopt-a-Condor Program.
Audubon California’s website has an inspiring history of the efforts to save the California condor. Their involvement with the effort dates back to 1939!