California condors confront bird flu in flight from extinction
1 year, 7 months ago

California condors confront bird flu in flight from extinction

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The California condor is facing the deadliest strain of avian influenza in U.S. history, and the outbreak could jeopardize the iconic vulture with its 10-foot wingspan decades after conservationists saved the species from extinction. “It’s really hard to watch a bird you raised come back and die in your arms,” said Los Angeles Zoo condor-keeper Chandra David, who has tended to lead-poisoned condors brought back to the zoo for treatment. AP correspondent Stefanie Dazio reports Bird flu threatens the California condor’s flight from extinction “It’s a funny species in that it really is not your typical charismatic species, right? “It took decades to drive species toward extinction and it’s, in many cases, going to take decades to bring them back,” said Noah Greenwald, endangered species director for Center for Biological Diversity. For the Yurok Tribe, the work to bring the condors back highlights how Native Americans are reclaiming their traditional roles as stewards of the land — “which was a role that was taken from us forcibly post-contact,” said Tiana Williams-Claussen, director of the tribe’s wildlife department.

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California declared an emergency. How serious is bird flu?
4 days, 7 hours ago

California declared an emergency. How serious is bird flu?

Associated Press  

California officials have declared a state of emergency over the spread of bird flu, which is tearing through dairy cows in that state and causing sporadic illnesses in people in the U.S. That raises new questions about the virus, which has spread for years in wild birds, commercial poultry and many mammal species. One person in Louisiana has been hospitalized …

How a tribe brought back its sacred California condors
3 weeks, 6 days ago

How a tribe brought back its sacred California condors

BBC  

How a tribe brought back its sacred California condors The Yurok Tribe A tagged condor flying in the skies above Yurok Territory, one of a number of successful releases from the tribal breeding programme On a cloudy day in May 2022, following years of research, it was time for the Yurok Tribe to test whether its captive-bred condors were ready …

California wildlife is vulnerable to an avian flu ‘apocalypse.’ What is driving the spread?
9 months, 4 weeks ago

California wildlife is vulnerable to an avian flu ‘apocalypse.’ What is driving the spread?

LA Times  

An “apocalyptic” mass mortality event that has left thousands of sea lions and elephant seals dead on the beaches of South America is raising alarms among some California sea mammal experts who fear similar scenes could play out along California’s Pacific Coast and other continents as the H5N1 bird flu continues its march across the globe. The disease “presents an …

What is Avian flu that's wreaking havoc in California? Symptoms and treatment in humans and pets
10 months, 3 weeks ago

What is Avian flu that's wreaking havoc in California? Symptoms and treatment in humans and pets

Hindustan Times  

A shiver of fear has swept across California as a new threat has emerged: avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu. How Avian Influenza spreads to humans Human infections with the avian flu virus have caused illnesses ranging in severity from mild cases with no symptoms to fatal cases of severe disease. As per the CDC, “Asian lineage H7N9 and …

Vaccine OKd for emergency use in California condors amid bird flu outbreak
1 year, 7 months ago

Vaccine OKd for emergency use in California condors amid bird flu outbreak

LA Times  

California condors will receive a vaccine for a deadly strain of avian influenza that threatens to wipe out the already critically endangered species, federal officials said Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service granted emergency approval for use of the vaccine after more than a dozen condors recently died of the bird flu, known as …

California condors barely escaped extinction decades ago. Avian flu could change that
1 year, 7 months ago

California condors barely escaped extinction decades ago. Avian flu could change that

LA Times  

A California condor takes flight over the Ventana Wilderness, near Big Sur, in this 2017 photo. However, the World Health Organization has described increased reports of the virus jumping to a variety of mammals, including humans, as “worrying.” The nonprofit Peregrine Fund of Boise, Idaho, which operates a captive breeding program and manages the Arizona-Utah flock, said it has halted …

Bird flu spreads to Southern California, infecting chickens, wild birds and other animals
2 years, 2 months ago

Bird flu spreads to Southern California, infecting chickens, wild birds and other animals

LA Times  

Chickens roaming and clucking inside one of the many henhouses at a poultry facility in Nuevo, Calif., in November 2017. And though government officials are primarily concerned about poultry farms, the epidemic has struck wild birds, too — from waterfowl to raptors and vultures. “Unfortunately, we’re really just at the beginning” of this highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak, said Dr. …

Scientists find new and mysterious DDT chemicals accumulating in California condors
2 years, 7 months ago

Scientists find new and mysterious DDT chemicals accumulating in California condors

LA Times  

With a 9 1/2-foot wingspan, the California condor is a sight to behold in the wild. Looking at the birds’ coastal food sources, researchers found that dolphin and sea lion carcasses that washed ashore in Southern California were also seven times more contaminated with DDT than the marine mammals they analyzed along the Gulf of California in Mexico. Just because …

Condors soar again over Northern California coastal redwoods
2 years, 7 months ago

Condors soar again over Northern California coastal redwoods

Associated Press  

REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The endangered California condor returned to soar the skies over the state’s far northern coast redwood forests on Tuesday for the first time in more than a century. Two captive-bred birds were released from a pen in Redwood National Park, about an hour’s drive south of the Oregon border, under a project aimed at restoring …

After more than a century, California condors soar over Yurok tribal lands once again
2 years, 7 months ago

After more than a century, California condors soar over Yurok tribal lands once again

LA Times  

Two condors being reared at the Northern California Condor Restoration Program in Northern California spread their wings in their pen. The New World vultures selected for the momentous occasion betrayed little on whether they would take flight from their designated staging area in Northern California near the Klamath River. VIDEO | 00:25 California condors soar over redwoods once again Two …

Launch of condors on tribal land marks the species’ comeback, but a new threat looms large
2 years, 8 months ago

Launch of condors on tribal land marks the species’ comeback, but a new threat looms large

LA Times  

A condor in the California Condor Recovery Program at the Los Angeles Zoo. “Now, the condor is coming home.” Meanwhile, a very different scenario is unfolding in Southern California, where federal wildlife authorities are taking the controversial step of helping smooth the regulatory path for a growing number of wind energy companies seeking permission to breed additional condors in captivity …

California condors are found to form throuples to help with incubating and feeding chicks
3 years, 10 months ago

California condors are found to form throuples to help with incubating and feeding chicks

Daily Mail  

Condors' relationships are similar to that of humans – they form long-term bonds that sometimes end in divorce, but a new observation reveals they also join as throuples. The instance was seen in birds living at the Pinnacles National Park in California when wildlife officials spotted three nesting together and raising chicks - the group is typically two males with …

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