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Sespe Condor Sanctuary This vast area is managed as a sanctuary for the
remaining population of the endangered California condor, Gymnogyps
californianus, which once ranged to Oregon and Baja California.
Today the population has been reduced to approximately 50 individuals. The terrain includes rolling hills, numerous cliffs and
rugged mountainous country. There are a number of perennial creeks in the
area. Several plant communities, coastal sage scrub,
chaparral, mixed evergreen and riparian, occur in the Sanctuary.
Many of the conifers, the big-cone Douglas fir, Pseudotsuga
macrocarpa,
ponderosa, Jeffrey, sugar, gray and Coulter pines, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus
jeffreyi, Pinus lambertiana, Pinus sabiniana and Pinus
coulteri, are important to the
condors as roosts. Dead trees are
preferred, and the birds appear to have favorite trees.
Nests are on the cliff faces. Sandstones, of both Miocene marine and Oligocene
non-marine, the latter of colorful formation, constitute the major rock
formations. As the area is protected, there is an abundance of
animal life. Integrity: There
are some dirt roads and a few in-holdings in the Sanctuary but, in general, it
is undisturbed. Ref: Koford,
C. D. 1953.
The California Condor. Nat. Aud. Soc. Res. Rep. No. 4, New York, 154 pp. January 1976
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