The smaller, red-headed cousin of the California condor, the turkey vulture sports a wingspan of a mere 6 feet as opposed to ...

A trio of real-world vulture species call the sunny, not-so-spooky Golden State home, including the beloved California Condor. Get top local stories in Southern California delivered to you every ...

“The Black Vulture” is a Petrarchan sonnet of fourteen iambic pentameter lines. George Sterling first titled his poem "The Californian Condor" [5] or "The California Condor." [6] Sterling wrote the ...

Condor #1061 had already beaten the stiff odds. Long one of the world’s most endangered species, there are fewer than 400 California condors in the wild of North America. And when avian flu hit the ...

Condor #1061 had already beaten the stiff odds ... And when avian flu hit the U.S. in 2023, only about 116 of the giant vultures were alive in their southwestern release territory.

“In flight, turkey vultures will have a slight ‘v’ in their wings when looking at them from straight on. Condor wings are ...