Pretty amazing but also the worstâ: Endangered condors descend on California home
and last updated 2021-05-11 10:16:42-04
TEHACHAPI, Calif. â A California woman is trying to respect one of natureâs endangered raptors, after they descended on her home and are being destructive guests.
Thanks to efforts to increase populations, there are about 200 California condors living in the wild in California.
More than a dozen of the large birds have decided to call Cinda Mickolsâ place their home for now. Mickols lives about two hours outside Los Angeles.
She had seen condors near her property before, but she was not prepared for what she saw last week.
May 9, 2021
TEHACHAPI, CALIFORNIA (AP) – Giant California condors are rare – but not at Cinda Mickolsâ home.
About 15 to 20 of the giant endangered birds have recently taken a liking to the house in the city of Tehachapi and made quite a mess.
Mickolsâ daughter, Seana Quintero of San Francisco, began posting photos of the rowdy guests on Twitter.
She told the San Francisco Chronicle the birds showed up at her motherâs home sometime last weekend.
The birds have trashed the deck – ruining a spa cover, decorative flags and lawn ornaments. Plants have been knocked over, railings scratched and thereâs poop everywhere.
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California condors rest on Cinda Mickols porch as a flock of the rare, endangered birds took over her deck over the weekend in Tehachapi, California. (Photo / AP)
California woman has home trashed by flock of messy condors
Giant California condors are rare but not at Cinda Mickols home.
About 15 to 20 of the giant endangered birds have recently taken a liking to the house in the city of Tehachapi and made quite a mess.
Mickols daughter, Seana Quintero of San Francisco, began posting photos of the rowdy guests on Twitter.
Group of endangered condors take up residence outside of a California woman s home
Condors are an endangered species and one of the largest flying birds in the world. (CNN)There are only about 200 California condors in the wild in California, but for some reason, 15 to 20 of the massive birds decided to congregate in one location on a woman s deck.
Cinda Mickols, who lives about two hours outside Los Angeles in Tehachapi, California, told CNN that she was coming back into town Monday when her neighbor sent her the first picture of her temporary visitors.
Mickols, 68, had seen condors on her property before, but she was not prepared for what she found.