New cohort of condors set to arrive in Humboldt
Another cohort of four California condors is scheduled to arrive Aug. 16 in a Yurok Tribe-led effort to bring back the endangered bird they know as prey-go-neesh to reestablish a population on the North Coast. This new group of the largest birds in North America, which boast a nearly 10-foot wingspan and the ability to soar for more than 100 miles a day on thermals, will join four others already flying free in the skies of Humboldt County as part of the Northern California Condor Restoration Program, a partnership between the tribe and Redwood National and State Parks, which plans to reintroduce a new group of prey-go-neesh every year for at least the next two decades.