News from the Bird-Banders was a monthly newsletter first published in 1926. This publication of the Western Bird Banding Association was a venue for amateur and professional ornithologists to share information about their studies of bird movements and survival.
I will note the (limited) efforts to band California condors in a future post. In this post I share reports of condor sightings that appeared in News from the Bird-Banders in the 1930s-1950s. With one exception, these reports are excerpts from the minutes of meetings of the Western Bird Banding Association.
As I recently acquired a number of issues of this newsletter, I show images of the relevant text. These mentions and “conversations” speak for themselves, revealing a pattern of concern for the California condor.
Vignos, B. Meetings of the Los Angeles Chapter. News from the Bird-Banders. July 1932.
Minutes of the Los Angeles Chapter. News from the Bird-Banders. May 1937.
Digest of Minutes of the Los Angeles Chapter. News from the Bird-Banders. August 1937.
Pratt, H S. Annual Meeting of the W.B.B.A. News from the Bird-Banders. July 1949.
McClure, H E. Condors. News from the Bird-Banders. January 1950.
Pratt, Helen S, and Evelyn C Baltzar. Los Angeles Chapter Meetings. News from the Bird-Banders. January 1951.
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