California woman has home trashed by flock of messy condors
California woman has home trashed by flock of messy condors Sun, 9 May 2021, 5:20PM
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.
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Source: Associated Press
TEHACHAPI, Calif. (AP) 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.
She told the San Francisco Chronicle the birds showed up at her mother’s 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 there’s poop everywhere.
California condors are one of the most endangered bird species in the United States. They're considered "Critically Endangered," which is one step away from them being extinct in the wild. They have an incredibly small range that covers small sections of California, Arizona, and Utah, and there are only around 500 of the birds still alive, both in the wild and in captivity. There are so few of the condors left that you'd be hard-pressed to find.