Nature Sunday: Condor Country

The endangered California Condor, with a 9-foot wingspan, is North America’s largest land bird. Steve Schubert will discuss condor biology and the California Condor Recovery Program, including captive breeding, reintroduction back to the wild at sites within its historic range including California, Arizona, and Baja California, and an update on recent condor nesting activities. He will include the Hi Mountain Lookout Project, founded in 1996, a collaborative venture with Morro Coast Audubon Society, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Cal Poly Biological Sciences Department, Ventana Wildlife Society, and Pinnacles National Park.

Steve teaches at a residential environmental education program attended by more than 3,000 elementary school students each school year and teaches natural history courses for Community Programs at Cuesta College. He has been a speaker and field trip leader for the Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival each year since its inception. He is the Volunteer Coordinator (1996-present) for the Hi Mountain Condor Lookout Project (www.condorlookout.org and www.facebook.com/condorlookout).

Free registration applies to participation with Nature Sunday topic and covers garden admission for the day.