How to Use California condor in a Sentence
California condor
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Bird watchers can spot everything from California condors to acorn woodpeckers, and campers can now reserve a site inside the park limits.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2024
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But in 2021, researchers at the San Diego Zoo added California condors to the list.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
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The park’s High Peaks area is an ideal place for spotting a California condor, one of the rarest bird species on the planet.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2023
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Some high-profile species on the list include: The California condor, the largest flying bird in the U.S., with about 90 adults remaining in the wild.
—David Schechter, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2024
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Dozens of California condors died in northern Arizona from the flu in 2023.
—Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
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For the first time in more than a century, the endangered California condor soared the skies over the state’s redwood forests along the far northern coast.
—New York Times, 4 May 2022
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The area is home to endangered species like the California condor and humpback chub, as well as more than a dozen endemic species of plants.
—Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2023
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The California condor, with its wingspan of nearly 10 feet, in the largest bird in North America.
—Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 26 Aug. 2020
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Just like this California condor, which--though teetering on the edge of extinction--still soars near the Grand Canyon in Arizona and in the state it was named after.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
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Lead ammunition is believed to be the main driver in the decline of the California condor.
—Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 3 Mar. 2023
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The California condor is the largest native North American bird, with a wingspan of nearly 10 feet.
—CBS News, 4 May 2022
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It’s been good for wildlife, from endangered California condors to common crows, and the people who consume game meat.
—Dan Ashe, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2024
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The endangered California condor returned to soar the skies over the state's far northern coast redwood forests on Tuesday for the first time in more than a century.
—CBS News, 4 May 2022
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At the Oregon Zoo, when California condors lay their eggs, staffers move them from the nest into an incubator.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 25 May 2023
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The fire also killed nine other California condors, a species of which only a few hundred remain.
—courier-journal.com, 1 June 2023
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In 1967, the California condor was placed on the federal endangered species list.
—Jesse Klein, Wired, 11 Dec. 2020
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Scientists view lead as a major roadblock in the recovery of the California condor, the largest bird in America.
—NBC News, 18 Feb. 2022
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The California condor, one of the rarest and most majestic birds on the planet, hasn’t flown over Northern California for more than a century.
—Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2022
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Life in the midst of a pandemic offers precious little to celebrate, but the California condor success story should warm all of our hearts.
—Star Tribune, 29 Mar. 2021
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In North America, hunters leave behind game that is riddled with lead shot, which slowly poisons vultures such as the California condor.
—Meera Subramanian, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
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Earlier this year, Kumeyaay leaders named the three California condor chicks in their traditional language, and the tribes have held ceremonies with the release of burrowing owls in the county.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2021
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In addition to the spectacular landscape, guests might spot wildlife that includes elk, mountain lions, deer, bald eagles, owls, and California condors.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2023
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After coming back from the brink of extinction, critically endangered California condors are now battling a new, deadly threat: the avian flu.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2023
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Others, like the California condor, will take much longer to regain a sustainable population.
—Kennedy Elliott, Ryan Williams, National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
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Deaths from the highly contagious strain of bird flu among the population of California condors have sparked concern as the birds are still returning from the brink of extinction and remain severely endangered.
—Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 May 2023
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Recently, several California condors have been reported dead, and a beloved peregrine falcon was also killed by the disease.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 15 Apr. 2023
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Although captive breeding has saved land animals such as the California condor, it has never been successfully done with marine mammals.
—Erik Vance, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2017
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Such poisonings were a factor in driving the California condor (a kind of vulture) to the brink of extinction, and lead poisoning continues to slow the otherwise encouraging reports of its recovery.
—Jerry Butler, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2022
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That includes several California species such as Delta smelt, Chinook salmon, California condors, gray wolves and mountain lions.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
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Unlike the recovery efforts for endangered species such as the California condor, the pond turtle conservation effort is easy to see by visiting the zoo’s Nature Exploration Station.
—oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2021
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