![]() ![]() turn above Wormerveer and Zaandijk to fly in an easterly direction.turn in a north-easterly direction above Uitgeest and Beemster towards Hoorn.fly in a north-westerly direction over Velsen and then IJmuiden or Wijk aan Zee.Just like the flights that approach from a south(westerly) direction, they then follow a fixed flight path between Limmen and Castricum before flying to the north of Uitgeest towards the Polderbaan Runway.ĭeparting aircraft ascend over Haarlemmerliede and Spaarndam, then: From the North Sea, aircraft fly in over the dunes between Wijk aan Zee and Egmond, turn over Uitgeest and descend above the A9 motorway, Spaarndam and Haarlemmerliede before landing on the runway next to Vijfhuizen.Īt night, landing aircraft approach from an easterly direction over the Markermeer lake and then head towards the North Sea via Hoorn and Heerhugowaard. Flights from the East pass over the Markermeer lake above Volendam before making a turn above Krommenie and flying straight towards the Polderbaan Runway. “Ultimately our goal, of course, is to have birds without tags, without transmitters, that can just reintegrate into our ecosystem,” Williams-Claussen said, “into our cultural lifeways again.Aircraft that land on the Polderbaan Runway during the day either approach from the East or the North Sea. The tribe hopes to release four to six captive-bred birds into the wild annually over the next two decades. ![]() In 2021, Williams-Claussen and her team, building on a promise made by tribal leaders in 2003, watched as captive-bred condors took flight over Yurok lands for the first time in more than a century. Known as prey-go-neesh in Yurok, the revered condor disappeared from the region in the late 1800s. The Havasupai people, for example, say the condor flew their ancestors from the bottom of the Grand Canyon to the top - its wings creating the famous striations.įor the Yurok Tribe, the work to bring the condors back highlights how Native Americans are reclaiming their traditional roles as stewards of the land - “which was a role that was taken from us forcibly post-contact,” said Tiana Williams-Claussen, director of the tribe’s wildlife department. The condor is intrinsically tied to several Native American tribes in the West. “It took decades to drive species toward extinction and it’s, in many cases, going to take decades to bring them back,” said Noah Greenwald, endangered species director for Center for Biological Diversity. The ongoing re-wilding efforts are considered a conservation success. Zoo-bred birds were first released into the wild in 1992 and in the years since have been reintroduced into habitats they’d disappeared from - including the Yurok Tribe’s ancestral lands in Northern California. In the 1980s, all 22 California condors left in the wild were controversially captured and put into captive breeding programs to save the species. The population was nearly wiped out by hunting during the California Gold Rush, as well as poisoning from toxic pesticide DDT and lead ammunition. The mascot for the Los Angeles Clippers is Chuck the Condor and one of the birds in flight is featured prominently on the state quarter. Regardless, the condor looms large in California culture - even if it’s not the official state bird (that’s the California quail). Most people are not endeared to vultures, but this one in particular (is different),” Blackford said. “It’s a funny species in that it really is not your typical charismatic species, right? They are a little bit on the ugly side. and Mexico, chicks are hatching and online “condor cams” provide live feeds for fans. “And there’s nothing we can do about it.” “It’s really hard to watch a bird you raised come back and die in your arms,” said Los Angeles Zoo condor-keeper Chandra David, who has tended to lead-poisoned condors brought back to the zoo for treatment. The condors scavenge meat from dead animals, felled by the lead ammunition, and fall ill - often fatally. ![]() Despite a California law banning it for hunting, lead ammunition is still readily used. ![]()
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