Hi Mountain Reference Library
The viewpoints expressed in these publications do not necessarily reflect the views of the Lookout project, but are provided here to aid you in your research and understanding of the California Condor. Citations are listed in chronological order. For Hi Mountain/Cal Poly Senior Projects and research papers, click here or try the search bar (right).
Rising, H.G. 1899. Capture of a California Condor. Bulletin of the Cooper Ornithological Society. Los Angeles, CA. Download PDF
Finley, W.L. 1906. Life history of a California Condor Part 1: Finding the condor nest. Condor 8: 135-143. Download PDF
Finley, W.L. 1908. Life history of a California Condor Part 2: Historical data and range of the Condor. Condor 10: 5-11. Download PDF
Finley, W.L. 1908. Life history of a California Condor Part 3: Home life of the Condors. Condor 10: 59-65. Download PDF
Finley, W.L. 1910. Life history of a California Condor Part 4: The young Condor in captivity. Condor 12: 5-12. Download PDF
Christy, B.H. 1932. A quest for a Condor. Condor 34:3-5. Download PDF
Dyer, E.I. 1935. Meeting the condor on its own ground. Condor 37:5-11. Download PDF
Geyer, C.J, O.A. Ryder, et al. 1983. Analysis of California Condor: relateness from DNA fingerprints. Mol. Biol. Evol., 10(3) 571-589. Download PDF
Snyder, N.F. and E.V. Johnson. 1985. Photographic censusing of the 1982-1983 Condor population. Condor 87:1-13. Download PDF
Snyder, N.F., R.R. Ramey, and F.C. Sibley. 1986. Nest site biology of the California Condor. Condor 88:228-241. Download PDF
Pattee, O.H., Bloom P.H., et al. 1986. Lead hazards within the range of the California Condor. Condor 92: 931-937. Download PDF
Weimeyer, S.N., Scott, J.M, et al. 1988. Environmental contaminants in California condors. Journal of Wildlife Management 52(2): 238-247. Download PDF
Cohn, J.P. 1999. Saving the California Condor. BioScience. 49(11) 5pp. Download PDF
Beherens, J. and J. Brooks. 2000. Wind in their wings - The California Condor recovery program. Endangered Species Bulletin 25(3) 8-10. Download PDF
Meretsky, V.J. N.F. Snyder, et al. 2000. Demography of the California Condor: Implications for reestablishment. Conservation Biology 14(4) 957-967. Download PDF
Fry, M. 2002. An assessment of lead contamination sources exposing California condors, DFG Report. Download PDF
California condor Lead Exposure Reduction Steering Committee. 2003. May 2003 Report. Download DOC
Fry, M. 2004. DFG Final Report Addendum: Analysis of lead in California condor feathers: determination of depuration during feather growth. Download PDF
Cade, T.J., Sophie A.H., et al. 2004. Commentary on released California condors Gymnogyps californianus in Arizona. May 2003. World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls/ MME-Birdlife, Hungary. Download PDF
Valencia, R.M., et al. Nd. An assessment of the toxicological effects of the ingested copper and tungsten-tin-bismuth (TTB) bullets on the California condor (Gymnogyps californianus). Download PDF
Hunt, W.G., W. Burnham, C. Parish, K. Burnham, B. Mutch, and J.L. Oaks. 2005. Bullet fragments in deer remains: implications for lead exposure in avian scavengers. Wildlife Society Bulletin 2005 33(4). Download PDF, Download supplemental fragmentation data and radiograph images PDF
Hunt, W. G., C. N. Parish, S. C. Farry, and T. G. Lord. 2006. Movements of introduced California Condors in Arizona in relation to lead exposure. In: Mee, A., L. S. Hall, and J. Grantham, eds. California Condors in the 21st Century. American Ornithologists’ Union and Nuttall Ornithological Club. Download PDF
Parish, C. N., W. R. Heinrich, and W. G. Hunt. In press. Five years of lead exposure among California Condors released in Arizona. In: Mee. A., L. S. Hall, and J. Grantham, eds. California Condors in the 21st Century. American Ornithologists’ Union and Nuttall Ornithological Club. Download PDF
Woods, C. P, W. R. Heinrich, S. C. Farry, C. N. Parish, S. A. H. Osborn, and T. J. Cade. In press. Survival and reproduction of California Condors released in Arizona. In: Mee, A., L. S. Hall, and J. Grantham, eds. California Condors in the 21st Century. American Ornithologists’ Union and Nuttall Ornithological Society. Download PDF
Molly E. Church, Roberto Gwiazda, Robert W. Risebrough, Kelly Sorenson, C. Page Chamberlain, Sean Farry, William Heinrich, Bruce A. Rideout, and Donald R. Smith. 2006. Ammunition is the Principal Source of Lead Accumulated by California Condors Re-Introduced to the Wild. Environ. Sci. Technol.; 2006; 40(19) pp 6143 - 6150. Download PDF
