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Show Page 4 The Gunnison Valley Gazette Thursday, June 19, 2008 The Outdoor Report Into all the World See California Condors Elder Jack DeVon Pay, son of Jackie and the late Bill Pay of Centerfield, is serving in the MinnesotaMinneapolis Mission. He is currently in Minnetonka, Minnesota where he is a district leader. Jack loves his mission and the people there. He will be home in December. Theall Scouting Newsis sponsored is Sponsored by Into the World by ACE Paints Sporting Goods Whirpool Appliances 528-7513 435 South Main • Gunnison P y ead s. r l a lan I p ve ha You can see one of the world’s largest and rarest birds on June 21. That’s the day the Division of Wildlife Resources will hold its first ever California condor viewing event. Dubbed “The Day of the Condor,” the free event runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lava Point near Kolob Reservoir in southwestern Utah. Biologists from the DWR, the National Park Service and the Peregrine Fund will be available to answer your questions, distribute information and help you find the condors. To reach the viewing site, take SR-9 to Virgin. Then take the Kolob Reservoir turnoff and travel north through Zion National Park. The viewing site is about 20 miles from Virgin, where Kolob Creek flows under the road into Lava Point. Look for government vehicles and viewing scopes on the right hand side of the road. “For the past two years, we’ve seen significant numbers of condors in the area around Lava Point,” says Keith Day, regional sensitive species biologist for the DWR. “We commonly see 24 birds, but we have counted as many as 42 birds at one time. “That’s very exciting when you consider there are only about 300 of these birds in the world. And of those 300 birds, fewer than 150 are free flying. That means you have the potential of seeing one-sixth of the world’s wild population of California condors right here at Lava Point.” The California condor is the largest flying bird in the Northern Hemisphere. Its body is about 4 to 5 feet long from head to tail. That makes the bird impressive Lynn Chamberlain to see, even when it isn’t flying. With a wingspan of about 9½ feet, and weighing in between 16 and 23 pounds, they’re especially impressive in flight. Adults are a dull black with white coloring under their wings. Their bald heads are covered with yellow, orange and red skin. Young condors have a black head and don’t have the white underwings the adults have. But they’re about the same size as the adults. They’re just as impressive to see in the air and on the ground as the adults are. Condors can live up to 60 years. They usually reach maturity when they’re 6 to 7 years old. When they reach that age, they choose a mate that they’ll remain with for the rest of their life. The Outdoor Report is Sponsored by: There are hundreds of excuses you could use to avoid getting Condors lay a single egg on the floor of a small cave or crevice on the side of a cliff. Both parents help incubate the egg. It takes about 56 days for the egg to hatch. After the egg hatches, the young condor will remain in its cave for about two to three months. Then it will venture out, but it won’t fledge (take its first flight) until it’s five or six months old. The young condor’s parents will take care of it for a full year, and sometimes even longer. Because of their devotion to their young, the condor pair may nest every two years instead of every year. For more information about the viewing event, call the DWR’s Southern Region office at (435) 865-6100. 528-5001 Hwy 89 Northeast of Gunnison Open Monday - Saturday screened for colon cancer. But no excuse is a good excuse when your life’s on the line. If you are 50 or over, go get screened. For The First Word and Last Name in Log Homes! more information, visit www.ucan.cc or call the Health Resource Think Satterwhite for Log Homes, Rough Lumber, Timbers, Animal Bedding and Firewood Line at 1-888-222-2542. U TA H D E PA R T M E N T O F H E A LT H Friends and Family Far From Home? She’s the June Winner of $50 of FREE Fuel from GIC Silver Eagle! With each 8 gallon or more fuel purchase, you can get your card punched to enter to win the monthly Keep them in touch with hometown happenings! Gift Subscriptions $30 per year anywhere in the Continental U.S. Call 528-5178 to subscribe $50 Gas Give-A-Way! GIC Silver Eagle 111 North Main, Gunnison What’s your favorite Sub? Central Utah Equipment Sales ACTION VIDEO PLUS 178 SOUTH MAIN GUNNISON, UT 435-528-5204 2003 Ford F 350 • 6.0 Liter Deisel 85,000 Miles Only $16,500 Brittanie Dalley Central Utah Equipment Sales Ham on White with American Cheese and extra Mayo Buy, Sell and Trade 435-528-5919 420 South Main • Centerfield Coming Attractions: June 3rd The Eye Fool’s Gold June 10th Jumper The Bucket List • Gift Certificates Available • Previously Viewed Movies Available: Walk Hard • Roxy Hunter • Saw • IV Hit Man • Cutting Edge • Water Horse |
