But you can watch condors — and lots of other birds — up close thanks to All About Birds. Created by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the website allows you to click on live bird cams from all over the world, including one trained on a California condor chick watched over by biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The chick, which hatched in April, lives in the wild in a cave near the Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge in Southern California.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-website-thats-really-for-the-birds/2018/08/31/c22c4f50-a582-11e8-97ce-cc9042272f07_story.html

Scores of starving baby seabirds have been washing up on Northern California beaches this summer, raising fears among scientists that a climatic cycle like the one that wreaked havoc on sea creatures a few years ago may be moving in.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/El-Ni-o-fears-grow-as-starving-baby-birds-wash-13202022.php

Most of the extinctions were caused by deforestation in South America, a new study of endangered birds shows

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/04/first-eight-bird-extinctions-of-the-21st-century-confirmed?CMP=share_btn_fb

The loggerhead shrike is a hawk trapped in the body of a finch.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/09/this-tiny-songbird-rolls-its-head-to-break-its-victims-neck/569341/

A reporter's first-hand view of researchers in the field as part of the ongoing Grinnell Resurvey.

https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2018/09/in-the-field-for-the-grinnell-resurvey/

The danger birds pose to airplanes is no joke.

In the past four years just at Los Angeles International Airport, birds and other wildlife hit aircraft more than 500 times, according to Federal Aviation Administration data.

https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2018/09/10/drone-herds-birds-from-airport/

An endangered California condor was found shot to death in July on a remote private property in Kern County.

https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/reward-offered-as-us-fish-and-wildlife-investigates-shooting-of-california-condor-in-kern

The highly endangered — but making a strong comeback — California Condor is a frequent visitor to the Tehachapi Mountains. Local residents get unforgettable views of this giant bird from time to time, and the past two weeks have provided exceptional Condor sightings.

http://www.tehachapinews.com/lifestyle/pen-in-hand-endangered-california-condors-visit-tehachapi-dozens-of/article_35347ab6-b51b-11e8-b247-23278e496c78.html

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is conducting an art contest to select the design for the state’s 2018-2019 upland game bird stamp.

The California Upland Game Bird Stamp Art Contest is open to all U.S. residents ages 18 and over. Entries will be accepted from Nov. 20 through Dec.7.

https://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2018/09/11/artists-sought-for-california-upland-game-bird-stamp-art-contest-3/

Researchers found the irregular seasonal changes affect migratory birds’ breeding sites, an outcome that could endanger many species.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/09/12/spring-arriving-earlier-messing-bird-migrations/#.W5ockZ9lDqA