A link to Argentine condors
Where to find it: Los c
óndores – http://condoresargentinos.blogspot.com
Who runs the site: The blog is hosting at www.blogspot.com, but
it is maintained by staff from the Pinnacles National Monument who
are visiting Argentina to learn about the South American country’s
condor recovery effort. The staff who are updating the site include
Eric Brunneman, Denise Louie, Jim Peterson, Scott Scherbrinski and
Kate Hammond, all staff members for the National Park Service.
A link to Argentine condors
Where to find it: Los cóndores – http://condoresargentinos.blogspot.com
Who runs the site: The blog is hosting at www.blogspot.com, but it is maintained by staff from the Pinnacles National Monument who are visiting Argentina to learn about the South American country’s condor recovery effort. The staff who are updating the site include Eric Brunneman, Denise Louie, Jim Peterson, Scott Scherbrinski and Kate Hammond, all staff members for the National Park Service.
Who is likely to use the site: Anyone interested in condor recovery efforts, or those who just want to keep tabs on the local park staff from Pinnacles National Monument as they start a five-year exchange program with Argentine scientists who are also working on condor recovery.
Pros: The site has photos and videos that show what Pinnacles National Monument staff are seeing in South America, and has descriptions of some of the sights they’ve seen so far. Users can view the videos and entries, and can even comment on them if they have a blogspot account.
The site combines English and Spanish entries so viewers from the United States and Argentina alike can visit the site.
Cons: Though most of the entries are written in both Spanish and English, a few, like the first entry on Sept. 5, are just in Spanish leaving those of us who lack dual language skills out of the loop.
In addition the Pinnacles staff are moving around, sometimes visiting remote sites so they are not always able to update the blog each day. A recent entry on Sept. 14 noted that because the staff would be visiting Parque Nacional Sierra de las Quijadas, a national park in Argentina, for a condor release on Sept. 18 they would be out of touch for a while.
