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Article: Condor Nest Spotted In Big Sur: Rare find: First such sighting locally in 100 years.
- Article from:
- The Monterey County Herald (Monterey, CA)
- Article date:
- March 29, 2006
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Byline: Kevin Howe
Mar. 29--The first California condor nest seen in a century in Monterey County was spotted by a wildlife biologist Monday in a hollow redwood tree on the Big Sur Coast.
The discovery is an important milestone in the effort to reintroduce condors into the wild, said Kelly Sorenson, executive director of the Ventana Wildlife Society.
The society has been releasing condors raised in captivity on the Big Sur Coast since 1996 and at Pinnacles National Monument since 2004.
The nesting pair was seen and photographed by Wildlife Society condor biologist Joseph Brandt after he saw the birds had apparently taken up ...
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