Tweets,
In Rachel Lawson's recent post about listability of Crested Mynas she
states that California Condors can be counted. But can they? All were taken
into captivity and then reintroduced. It is far from clear that they are
safely reintroduced.
I would think that they cannot be listed until they have been breeding
on their own for whatever number of years is the criterion without adding
more captive raised birds. I suspect that California proud purists of the
NIB type will never be able to count them in the future -- if they are
consistent.
Oh well, I am old enough to have seen truly wild ones -- but maybe I
should take them off since they went extinct in the wild.
Any thoughts?
Bob Norton
Joyce (near Port Angeles), WA
norton36 at olypen.com