Updated 29 January 2021
Birds and trees go together.
I have seen hundreds of images of California condors roosting or nesting in trees. In most of these images, the tree is dead.
Is that because California condors prefer their trees dead? Or is it that people prefer images of condors in trees that are dead?
Updated 4 December 2019
The exceptional size of the California condor can be described with numbers and words. But a picture is better.
This post presents illustrations comparing the size of the California condor to more-familiar animals.
Updated 4 December 2019
How many California condors are there? It wasn’t that long ago that the number of condors in the world was a mystery that scientists were struggling to solve.
Updated 6 August 2016
How much does a California condor cost? What is the value of the California condor? What is the California condor worth?
These questions have been considered and answered repeatedly for over a century. In this post I offer some examples.
