Yellow Tags

 

Condors with yellow wing tags with an underline are "1200" birds. This means that a yellow tag with an underlined 15 on it would be condor 1215. Ventana Wildlife Society has birds with yellow tags without an underline, these birds are "200" birds. These "200" birds are all adults (unlike the "1200" birds which are all currently juveniles) but can also be seen in the Pinnacles area from time to time.

 

Condor 1215 perched.

NPS/Kaitlin Lopez

1215

Hatched: 5/7/2023 in a willd nest at Pinnacles
Sex: Female
Parents: Condors 589 and 569
Fun Fact: Her nest marks the third year in a row that parents 589 and 569 have successfully raised offspring - 1078 in 2021, 1145 in 2022, and now 1215 in 2023! This is very unusual for condors, which typically only have one offspring every other year!

 

Condor 1217 perched.

NPS/Erin Lehnert

1217

Hatched: 5/9/2023 at the Oregon Zoo
Sex: Female
Released: 12/17/2024 in Pinnacles National Park
Fun fact: Biologists monitoring 1217 before her release noted that she seemed to be the best – or at least most active – flyer of the six! Despite her apparent eagerness to get out into the wild, she had to be recaptured for further monitoring when she failed to roost overnight in trees a week after her initial release. Now she is acclimating to her new environment just fine and roosting in trees with her new flockmates.

 

Condor 1238 perched upright on fallen tree.

Visitor/Meghan Stewart

1238

Hatched: 5/11/23 from a wild nest in Pinnacles
Sex: Male
Parents: Condors 340 and 236
Fun Fact: Though 340 and 236 are an established pair that have successfully raised numerous chicks in the past, 1238 was raised in a different nest cavity that 340 and 236 have not used before!