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Two California condors. All condors are tagged and monitored. Condors sometimes come to the Piedras Blancas to scavenge on dead, beached marine mammals.At one time there were only twenty-two condors left alive but through protectionand a captive breeding program, now over 200 condors soar over the skies ofsouthern and central California and another 179 live in captivity. (Image credit: Barbara Taylor NMFS/SWFSC/PRD)