Condors and Hi Mt. Interns

As a Hi Mtn volunteer, I wanted to give another perspective on thissummer’s interns & their visits to the two condor release sites . . . First, I want to say that I think these trips are important since theinterns are tracking these birds every day and otherwise, might neverget to see them! The intern’s interaction with the field biologists andthe work they do to help the condors recover is...

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Week Trip

Just thought I would let everyone know that the Hi Mtn Interns had a blast at Ventana. I would just like to extend my thanks to everyone at Ventana for having us! Besides extremely bad poison oak and mosquito bites I had a lot of fun clearing brush in order for a new flight pen to be built. I found it amazing how we watched the sunset and ate every meal with condors near by. Hi mountain was the...

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Condors and Cats

Hi all! I’ve just returned from my stay at the mountain and had a great time, as usual. Seeing as how Kelly is off enjoying herself in Hawaii (taking classes of course) we had to do a bit of schedule flip-flopping and Joel was kind enough to take over Sunday at the lookout. Thanks foreverything! Monday was beautiful and a bit chilly which was a nice change. I’ve been hearing...

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Another week and no Condors

But it’s okay. Karine and I, maybe Stuart, Marcelle, and John are going to Ventana next week to meet more people in charge of helping these awesome, majestic birds recover. Honestly, I can’t wait. One, I love Big Sur and two we’re going to help build a flight pen! Update at the lookout: No sightings of condors, but I did see another Bobcat and a bunch of birds. The weather once again was weird...

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Summer 2006

This summer has been amazing! We started the summer with a trip to Hopper, where we saw about 10 Condors. This was amazing must of us had never seen a California Condor so it was a thrilling experience. The rest of the summer has been spent tracking these wonderful birds, some days we get over 10 different signals, other days fewer but everyday is a new experience at the lookout....

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Crazy July up at Hi Mt.

The month of July has been an exciting month for all the interns. We’ve been able to master the equipment, track condors successfully, and learn to manage life in the wilderness. So far we haven’t seen any condors hanging out by the lookout, but we’ve been tracking a lot of Pinnacle birds and a few from Hopper and Ventana. Hopper called us the other day, because they lost signals...

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