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Scavenger birds ENDANGERED
I am a scavenger bird. I don’t sing
melodiously, but my grunts scare my
prey. We live in families where the
elder members eat first. Sometimes,
I travel over 150 kilometres a day in
search of food. Female condors lay a
bluish egg during February–March,
which hatches in sixty days. As a
young condor, I learnt to fly in six
weeks but stayed with my parents oTfhteengtorlidesentoefaigglhetiist the Citsalfiofoordn. ia condor’s enemy, and
for two years, before I began living for
on my own.
Lead poisoning
Being scavenger birds, we eat dead animals. Often,
some of these have been shot and killed by humans. The
bullets that killed these animals cause lead (a metal used
in bullets) poisoning in them. A lot of us have died after
eating such animals.
Trapping, shooting, and tripping over power lines also A lot of condors die after eating
threaten our lives. poisoned carcasses.
Captive breeding
The Peregrine Fund has helped save the lives of some of us. They rescue the sick
among us and take care of them till they become healthy. After the mating season,
they send us back to our homes (captive breeding). The young ones stay protected
this way till they become older. Between 1992 and 2003, nearly 154 of my friends
came back to our homes in the wild.
Did you ENCDRIATNIGCEALLY RED
know?
CrAeoirnnizdtrooonrdasu,bcarenedddiMinnteocxatiphcotei.vwitiyldairne Cbeailnifgornia, CR
Native Americans view
the California condor as a EN
mythological symbol—some VU
as the creator of the
earth and others as its
destroyer!
I am a scavenger bird. I don’t sing
melodiously, but my grunts scare my
prey. We live in families where the
elder members eat first. Sometimes,
I travel over 150 kilometres a day in
search of food. Female condors lay a
bluish egg during February–March,
which hatches in sixty days. As a
young condor, I learnt to fly in six
weeks but stayed with my parents oTfhteengtorlidesentoefaigglhetiist the Citsalfiofoordn. ia condor’s enemy, and
for two years, before I began living for
on my own.
Lead poisoning
Being scavenger birds, we eat dead animals. Often,
some of these have been shot and killed by humans. The
bullets that killed these animals cause lead (a metal used
in bullets) poisoning in them. A lot of us have died after
eating such animals.
Trapping, shooting, and tripping over power lines also A lot of condors die after eating
threaten our lives. poisoned carcasses.
Captive breeding
The Peregrine Fund has helped save the lives of some of us. They rescue the sick
among us and take care of them till they become healthy. After the mating season,
they send us back to our homes (captive breeding). The young ones stay protected
this way till they become older. Between 1992 and 2003, nearly 154 of my friends
came back to our homes in the wild.
Did you ENCDRIATNIGCEALLY RED
know?
CrAeoirnnizdtrooonrdasu,bcarenedddiMinnteocxatiphcotei.vwitiyldairne Cbeailnifgornia, CR
Native Americans view
the California condor as a EN
mythological symbol—some VU
as the creator of the
earth and others as its
destroyer!
