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My Condor Bios

In Memoriam
​The death of a condor is always very unwelcome news. However, attempting to determine the cause of death can greatly assist the recovery program in identifying and addressing potential mortality threats. Through our tracking and monitoring efforts, we are able to recover deceased condors from the field and submit them for necropsy and analysis in an attempt to determine why they died. Rideout et al.(2012) published a peer-reviewed scientific manuscript examining condor deaths in the wild from 1992-2009. Fifty percent of all known fatalities were due to lead poisoning!  Lead poisoning, from ingesting ammunition fragments in carcasses, continues to be the number one threat to condor survival in central California and the recovery program as a whole. For more information about lead poisoning in Condors, click here. For more information about our free non-lead ammunition program, click here. 
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  • WHO WE ARE
    • Annual Reports / Documents
    • Bald Eagles - Our Beginning
    • Board of Directors
    • Contact Us
    • Employment
    • Media Coverage
    • Our Story
    • Staff
    • Wildlife Sanctuaries
  • CONDORS
    • Artists Supporting Condors
    • Condor Biology
    • Condor Cams
    • Condor Field Work
    • Condor Releases
    • Condor Status
    • Condor Threats
    • My Condor Bios
    • Nesting Condors
    • The Condor Chat
    • Vultures of the World
  • Films and Shorts
    • Films >
      • Giants of Big Sur: California Condor Stories
      • The California Condors of Big Sur
    • Shorts >
      • Condor Nesting Videos
      • Short Videos
  • Education
    • Big Sur Discovery Center
    • Education Overview
    • Inspirational Youth
    • PARTNER PROGRAMS >
      • MWEE for Educators and Teens
      • Wellness Through Nature >
        • Salud Y Naturaleza
    • PUBLIC PROGRAMS >
      • Youth Programs
    • S'MORE in Big Sur
  • Services
    • Condor Presentations
    • Ecological Services
    • Non-Lead Ammunition
    • Wildlife Data Management Tools
  • How You Can Help
    • Adopt-A-Condor
    • Annual Membership
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      • Donate to Condor Recovery
      • Donate to Youth Education
      • Leadership Circle
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