Endangered condor dies of lead poisoning months after being freed - The bird was just 18 months at the time of his death

Lead poisoning poses the single greatest threat to California condors. Even a small amount of lead can be fatal to a condor or other birds, such as vultures and eagles. According to the USFWS, half of the known condor deaths in California between 1992 and 2020 were due to lead poisoning.

Lead poisoning killed the youngest member of an endangered flock of California condors in Redwood National Park in Humboldt County, Yurok tribal wildfire officials said Wednesday.  The 18-month-old condor,

B7, the youngest member of the North Coast’s fledgling California condor flock, also known by the Yurok name Pey-noh-pey-o-wok' (I am friend or kind

The Yurok Tribe of Northern California say that, according to a pathology report, a California condor's cause of death was lead poisoning.