Bird
California Condor
Gymnogyps californianus
Photo: Chuck Szmurlo, CC BY 3.0
Common Names
Large Buzzard / Vulture of Columbia
Habitat
Columbia River and estuary
Conservation
Critically imperiled
First Observed
1805-10-29
Observed At
Lower Columbia River, near present-day Beacon Rock, Washington
Men of the Corps shot four of the few dozen California condor that may have lived on the lower Columbia at the time.
Journal References
1 journal entry mentions California Condor
