Sad Condor News

Folks,

Here's the sad news about the condors and the Big Sur fires:

Two condors, a six year old and a three year old, are now presumed dead and haven't been seen since the fire.  We had picked up radio signals for one of these birds after the fire but now believe these were not actually from the radio transmitter on the bird and likely from some interference on the same channel.  We are at least fortunate that all biologists and captive condors were safely evacuated before the fire burned the sanctuary.  It is also extraordinary that the wild chicks and their parents have done so well.  For more details, go to http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=225620481&u=2363656

I want to thank all of you who have made a donation to the Condor Emergency Fund already.  Together, we will rebuild the Condor Sanctuary so that we can restore the California Condor to the wild and enable this wonderful species to be removed from the endangered species list.

Please help us tell the story by sharing this email with others or post to web and blog sites and encourage them to sign up for our email alerts and if they want to help they can make a donation also.  Signing up for the email alert is free as you know and can be done at http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=225620481&u=2363657#vwsalert  It is a great way to get involved and hear directly from our biologists who are in turn directly working in the field.  In the months ahead we will continue to tell the story as we rebuild the Condor Sanctuary.

Debra

Debra Shearwater

Shearwater Journeys, Inc.

PO Box 190

Hollister, CA 95024

831.637.8527

debi@shearwaterjourneys.com

www.shearwaterjourneys.com

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