CONDOR canyon - Coming Soon!
A California Condor living in Big Sur, survives lead poisoning while her mate raises their chick and are reunited after treatment.
Condor (171), Traveler, has struggled to lay normal eggs throughout her life due to the past use of the pesticide DDT found in the food she eats. Finally, successful, she and her mate, Shadow (209), were raising a chick together when she ingested lead from a carcass tainted with lead ammunition. Miraculously, both Traveler (171) and the chick survive giving hope for the recovery of the species in the wild. A true story.
Funding provided by the Doris Day and Terry Melcher Foundation.
A California Condor living in Big Sur, survives lead poisoning while her mate raises their chick and are reunited after treatment.
Condor (171), Traveler, has struggled to lay normal eggs throughout her life due to the past use of the pesticide DDT found in the food she eats. Finally, successful, she and her mate, Shadow (209), were raising a chick together when she ingested lead from a carcass tainted with lead ammunition. Miraculously, both Traveler (171) and the chick survive giving hope for the recovery of the species in the wild. A true story.
Funding provided by the Doris Day and Terry Melcher Foundation.
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CONDOR canyon
CONDOR canyon
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Crew
PRODUCER: Kelly Sorenson
PRODUCTION COMPANY: House of 8 Media DIRECTOR: Mike Buffo WRITER: Carlos Mora NARRATOR: Catherine Cavadini STORY: Kelly Sorenson ORIGINAL SCORE: John Wineglass DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Mike Buffo CINEMATOGRAPHY: Meredith Evans VIDEO EDITOR: Jules Hart COLORIST: Tim Layaban MUSIC SUPERVISOR: Lauren Denemark / Triple Threat Music SOUND ENGINEER: Russell Mehringer / NPALL Audio Inc. Production
![]() House of 8 Media is a full service video production agency located on the Monterey Peninsula that delivers cutting-edge, engaging, thought-provoking video content that leaves a lasting impression with any audience. Mike Buffo creates long-term partnerships through an empowering production collaboration process that helps clients retain creative control while working together to plan, create, and deliver meaningful content to the world; generating measurable awareness for one's product, service, or mission.
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Narrator
![]() Catherine Cavadini, perhaps best known as the original voice of Blossom in Cartoon Network’s movie and T.V. series The Powerpuff
Girls from 1998-2015, is a longtime veteran of the voiceover business. Since her career began in her early twenties, her voice has been regularly featured in Radio & T.V. Commercials, Films, T.V. Movies, T.V. Series, Animated Features and T.V. Series, Interactive Games, and English Dubs of Foreign Films and T.V. Series. An animal lover at her core, Catherine is deeply honored to have been chosen to provide the narration for Condor Canyon. Full Bio. Vertical Divider
Writer
Carlos Mora is an experienced content producer and writer having developed many episodes for major television channels such as Animal Planet, PBS, History, Travel Channel, Viceland, MotorTrend and most recently as an integrated producer for MasterClass, an online education platform. More
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Composer
![]() John Christopher Wineglass has written several scores for shows on MSNBC, CNN, NBC, CBS and ABC as well as documentaries on Headliners & Legends with Matt Lauer for The Brady Bunch, Kathy Lee Gifford, and Farah Fawcett. Having scored mainly independent films, several of his nationally syndicated commercials include music for the United States Army, American Red Cross, and Texaco as well. As a recipient of three (two consecutive) Daytime Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series, and three ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards, Mr. Wineglass holds seven Emmy nominations. John received his Bachelor of Music degree in Music Composition with a minor in Viola Performance at The American University and later received his Master's degree in Music Composition with an emphasis in Film Scoring for Motion Pictures, Television and Multi-Media at New York University, studying primarily with Justin Dello-Joio of the Juilliard School. Mr. Wineglass is currently serving as Composer-In-Residence with the Monterey Symphony.
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As we're finalizing the last of this film, we're proud to announce that CONDOR canyon has won its first award!
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CONDOR canyon
A California Condor living in Big Sur, survives lead poisoning while her mate raises their chick and are reunited after treatment. Condor (171), Traveler, has struggled to lay normal eggs throughout her life due to the past use of the pesticide DDT found in the food she eats. Finally, successful, she and her mate, Shadow (209), were raising a chick together when she ingested lead from a carcass tainted with lead ammunition. Miraculously, both Traveler (171) and the chick survive giving hope for the recovery of the species in the wild. A true story . . . |
Funding provided by the Doris Day and Terry Melcher Foundation.