Condors With Red Wing Tags

 

Condors with red wing tags with an underline are "1100" birds. This means that a red tag with an underlined 23 on it would be condor 1123.Ventana Wildlife Society has birds with red tags without an underline, these birds are "100" birds. These "100" birds are all adults (unlike the "1100" birds which are all currently juveniles) but can also be seen in the Pinnacles area from time to time.

1123, 1124, 1127, 1128, and 1136 spent their first few years in the captive breeding program before being transferred to Ventana Wildlife Society's condor release pen in San Simeon. Even though these are Pinnacles-managed birds, they have been carefully observed by Ventana's hardworking team. The bio's for each bird was written by Ventana's team based on their recent, post-release, observations of these newly wild birds! Another example of how the co-managment of the flock with Ventana comes into play!

 

Condor 1123 perched in a pine tree.

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1123

Hatched: 3/27/2022 at the Oregon Zoo
Sex: Female
Released: 11/28/2023 from San Simeon
Fun fact: After being released, she immediately began to travel much farther than any of her fellow young condors. The biologists were impressed to see her test her flight capabilities so early on!

 

Condor 1124 perched in a pine tree.

VWS/Isaiah Woodard

1124

Hatched: 3/29/2022 at the Oregon Zoo
Sex: Male
Released: 11/28/2023 from San Simeon
Fun fact: After his release, 1124 would routinely choose to sleep on perches far away from other birds — occasionally right next to the field crew’s housing! It certainly made keeping track of him easy.

 

Condor 1127 perched in a pine tree.

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1127

Hatched: 4/1/2022 at the Oregon Zoo
Sex: Female
Released: 12/12/2023 from San Simeon
Fun fact: 1127 was released into the wild for the first time from San Simeon in late 2023. One of the more timid of the 2023 releases, she prefers to keep her distance from the more dominant birds.

 

Condor 1128 perched in a pine tree.

VWS/Isaiah Woodard

1128

Hatched: 4/2/2022 at the Oregon Zoo
Sex: Female
Released: 11/29/2023
Fun fact: She is one of the more dominant birds of the 2023 release cohort. Despite her tough nature, she was the last bird to leave the release pen, choosing to spend another night on her favorite perch rather than exit with the rest of her cohort. She finally made it to the Pinnacles area for the first time in February 2025!

 

Condor 1129 perched head on.

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1129

Hatched: 4/2/2022 at the Oregon Zoo
Sex: Male
Released: 12/17/2024 in Pinnacles National Park
Fun fact: The first of the 2024 releases to make it into the High Peaks – quite an impressive feat of flying! He seems to be making himself at home among the wild birds, but still enjoys the company of his cohort.

 

Condor 1136 perched in a pine tree.

VWS/Isaiah Woodard

1136

Hatched: 4/23/2022 at the Oregon Zoo
Sex: Female
Released: 12/12/2023 from San Simeon
Fun fact: She has been one of the most consistent residents of the San Simeon release site since entering the wild! Never straying far from where she can find food or friends, she can usually be found roosting with or nearby other members of her cohort in one of the various pines scattered around the release pen.

 

Condor 1145 in tall grass.

NPS/Kaitlin Lopez

1145

Hatched: 4/29/2022 from a wild nest in Pinnacles National Park
Sex: Female
Parents: Condors 589 and 569
Fun Fact: She is the fourth offspring of super parents 589 and 569, and they raised her just one year after raising her older sister 1078 instead of the usual two years!

 

Condor 1175 stretching out his wings while perched on a rock.

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1175

Hatched: 5/27/2022 in the wild
Sex: Male
Parents: Condors 800 and 747
Fun Fact: Was seen by biologists for the first time after he had already fledged the nest off of park property!

 

Condor 1191 stretching out her wings while perched.

NPS/Erin Lehnert

1191

Hatched: 4/3/2023 at the Oregon Zoo
Sex: Female
Released: 12/2/2024 in Pinnacles National Park
Fun fact: She was a little slower to pick up on the nuances of being a wild condor than her fellow cohort member 1192 but has come a long way and seems to be settling into the wild flock very nicely.

 

Condor 1192 perched upright.

NPS/Erin Lehnert

1192

Hatched: 4/6/2023 at the Oregon Zoo
Sex: Male
Released: 12/02/2024 in Pinnacles National Park
Fun fact: An extremely quick learner, he took to being a wild bird faster than any of the other 2024 releases; biologists found him eating and roosting in trees only two days after being released into the wild! His fast acclimation could be attributed in part to his “babysitter,” 912.