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State bird

5 December 201728 March 2020 ~ Pseudogryps

The official state bird of California is the California quail, a fine representative for the state. The California quail was chosen, in the late 1920s, by a state-wide, albeit, unofficial vote. Among the top candidates for state bird was the California condor. Here’s the story.

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Early illustrations: 1797-1878

28 July 201728 March 2020 ~ Pseudogryps

For this, the 100th post to this blog, I present 10 early illustrations of the California condor from books, academic journals, and popular magazines.

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Seeking specimens and information

10 March 201728 March 2020 ~ Pseudogryps

Publications concerning the California condor have sometimes been about seeking, rather than conveying, information. This post includes some examples that reveal more of the human-California condor saga. They are presented in chronological order.

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Population headlines

14 December 201628 March 2020 ~ Pseudogryps

A recent post listed a number of headlines from the Los Angeles Times that began, literally, with some number of individual California condors. In this post are headlines, again from the Los Angeles Times, that report the total number of living condors through time.

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Photogenic & newsworthy eggs & chicks

19 March 201628 March 2020 ~ Pseudogryps

From the 1980s, here are news photos of some of the first California condors hatched in captivity.

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