Yellow Tags

Condors with yellow wing tags with an underline are "1200" birds. This means that a yellow tag with an underlined 15 on it would be condor 1215. Ventana Wildlife Society has birds with yellow tags without an underline, these birds are "200" birds. These "200" birds are all adults (unlike the "1200" birds which are all currently juveniles) but can also be seen in the Pinnacles area from time to time.

1215

Hatched: 5/7/2023 in a willd nest at Pinnacles
Sex: Female
Parents: Condors 589 and 569
Fun Fact: Her nest marks the third year in a row that parents 589 and 569 have successfully raised offspring - 1078 in 2021, 1145 in 2022, and now 1215 in 2023! This is very unusual for condors, which typically only have one offspring every other year!

1217

Hatched: 5/9/2023 at the Oregon Zoo
Sex: Female
Released: 12/17/2024 in Pinnacles National Park
Fun fact: Biologists monitoring 1217 before her release noted that she seemed to be the best – or at least most active – flyer of the six! Despite her apparent eagerness to get out into the wild, she had to be recaptured for further monitoring when she failed to roost overnight in trees a week after her initial release. Now she is acclimating to her new environment just fine and roosting in trees with her new flockmates.

1238

Hatched: 5/11/23 from a wild nest in Pinnacles
Sex: Male
Parents: Condors 340 and 236
Fun Fact: The photo to the left is 1238 at 69 days old in a nest cavity his parents (340 and 236) had not used before. He is currently flying around with a yellow tag with a black and underlined number 38, but biologists and volunteers have yet to get a picture of him with his new tags!