California condor eludes capture for check-up

California condor eludes capture for check-up: "California condor eludes capture for check-up
Endangered species - No. 340 from Oregon appears to be doing well and expands his range
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
KATY MULDOON

Call him the wild child.

California condor No. 340, hatched in 2004 at the Oregon Zoo and released nearly three months ago, has adapted so skillfully to the free-flying life that biologists have been unable to trap him for a routine check on his welfare.

That's good news and bad rolled into one, said Joe Burnett, condor coordinator for the Ventana Wildlife Society. Ventana collaborates with the National Park Service on endangered California condors released at Pinnacles National Monument, south of San Jose, Calif., as the bird from Oregon was in September."