california condor

     

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Trivia about california condor

  • (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in Oregon.) Here in Columbia Gorge, Clark sketched this bird, & Lewis wrote, "I believe this to be the largest bird in North America"
  • Gymnogyps Californianus is the scientific name of this largest North American vulture
  • (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):In the 1980s, $10 million was spent to save this animal, seen here, from extinction
  • Gymnogyps californianus
  • John J. Audubon never made it to California; he painted thisvulture species from a dead specimen
  • In 1984 only about 20 of these California vultures were left; the number has since grown to over 100
  • This endangered dark gray vulture of the southwestern U.S. can have a wingspan up to 10 feet

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