MT. DIABLO, Calif. - For the first time in a hundred years, a flock of California condors was tracked in Contra Costa County in the area of Mount Diablo range. Bird conservationists tracked 26 ...

This story was published Wednesday April 30, 2025. For centuries, the California condor was a prevalent species across North America. The large scavengers, which feature a nearly 10-foot wingspan, ...

Winged visitors alien to the area have been casting their large shadows over Contra Costa and Stanislaus counties recently. Preservation group Save Mount Diablo said in a statement Monday they've ...

I have a common refrain, almost a mantra at this point, whenever I — still excitedly — spot a large black bird soaring above me on a hike: It’s always a turkey vulture. After hiking around Southern ...

The elusive and illustrious California condor is making a major comeback in the Bay Area, stretching its wings in areas where the continent’s largest bird has not been seen for more than a century.

The elusive and illustrious California condor is making a major comeback in the Bay Area, stretching its wings in areas where the continent’s largest bird has not been seen for more than a century. In ...

The cage door is open but the young California condor, as immense as he is with his nine-foot wingspan, remains timid. He’s not about to leave the captivity he’s known his entire life to head into the ...

Ventana Wildlife Society condor biologists Darren Gross and Kara Fadden attach tags to juvenile condors in preparation for their release into the wild in November 2024. Meredith Evans On Nov. 6, six ...

On Nov. 6, six captive-raised juvenile California condors will be released into the wild from the remote, rugged mountains above San Simeon. The new cohort (each about a year and a half old) arrived ...