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The Tricolored Blackbird
Over the last 90 years, the population of the Tricolored Blackbird has decreased 90% and today, 99% of the population is found in California. This spring, we followed our Senior Wildlife Biologist, Mike Stake, into the field as he researched the Tricolored Blackbird, a threatened species in California. Watch video (3:41)
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• Discovery Center in Big Sur Opens Again!
Stop by weekends from May 28 through September 5, 2022. • Developing a Space for Meaningful Outdoor Recreation and Education (S'MORE) in Big Sur, CA • Big Sur Condor Sanctuary Rebuild Update • My Condor Bios |
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During 1986-2000, we released 70 juvenile Bald Eagles at our Big Sur wildlife sanctuary. Our goal was to establish a population of four adult breeding Bald Eagle pairs, in the hopes of creating a self-sustaining population. At our last count, we found 30 nesting territories. The wild Bald Eagle population is thriving!
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By the 1980s, the California Condor population was in crisis, and
extinction in the wild seemed imminent. The dramatic decline of condors in the 20th century has been attributed to shooting, poisoning, electric power lines, egg collecting, and habitat loss. In 1987, the last wild California Condor was taken into captivity to join the 26 remaining condors in an attempt to bolster the population through a captive breeding program. At that time, it was uncertain whether or not North America's largest flying land bird (by wingspan, 9.5 feet) would ever again soar in the wild. Help Us Restore the Central California Condor Flock
Spring has brought new hope with the arrival of two new condor chicks and several others on the way! You can build upon this hope and help us restore the critically endangered California Condor to the wild. READ MORE |
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Since 1992, we've been providing outdoor education programs for youth. We pick them up in our fleet of four 15-passenger vans, meeting in communities from Marina to Salinas, and inland from Prunedale to Greenfield. Our destinations have included whale watching boats in the bay, kayaks at Elkhorn Slough, tidepools at Point Pinos, caves in Pinnacles National Park, and forests in the Ventana Wilderness. We provide opportunities for children who have never experienced these things before and offer the discovery of a new world, new emotions, and new possibilities. More than 1,300 youth enroll in our outdoor education programs each year, but we still focus on the individual, their unique discoveries, and the potential they have to shape the lives of others.
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ventana wildlife societyVentana Wildlife Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization | Federal EIN 94-2795935
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