Planned wind farm threatens condor repopulation project in Argentina
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A sign in Spanish reads "No to wind farms in the Somuncura protected area, Rio Negro. No to the extinction of the condor" at the base of the Andean Condor Conservation Program that for 30 years has hatched chicks in captivity, rehabilitated others and freed them across South America, in the Sierra Paileman in the Rio Negro province of Argentina, Wednesday, Oct. 12. Plans for a massive wind farm are putting at risk efforts to repopulate the Atlantic coast of Patagonia with the majestic bird.2/14
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Luis Jacome, head of the Andean Condor Conservation Program, poses for a portrait in front of a list of names given to Andean condors that are or were part the program in Sierra Paileman in the Rio Negro province of Argentina, Wednesday, Oct. 12.3/14
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Andean condors fly in the Sierra Paileman where the Andean Condor Conservation Program has its base in the Rio Negro province of Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 13.4/14
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A Mapuche Indigenous plays a horn to start a ceremony related to the next day's freeing of two Andean condors born in captivity almost three years prior, at the base of the Andean Condor Conservation Program in Sierra Paileman in the Rio Negro province of Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 13.5/14
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A condor named Illica, which means "good luck" in the Quechua Indigenous language and who was freed in 2014 by the Andean Condor Conservation Program, flies in the Sierra Paileman in the Rio Negro province of Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 13.6/14
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A member of the Andean Condor Conservation Program stands inside the cage where two Andean condors born in captivity are staying the day before their release in the Sierra Paileman in the Rio Negro province of Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 13.7/14
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A member of the Andean Condor Conservation Program holds Huasi, who was born and raised at the program almost three years prior and whose name means "home" in the Quechua Indigenous language, as a GPS transmitter is placed on him the day before his release in the Sierra Paileman in the Rio Negro province of Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 13.8/14
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Indigenous Mapuche pose for photos with their Indigenous flag at the base of the Andean Condor Conservation Program, the day before freeing two Andean condors that had been born in captivity almost three years prior in Sierra Paileman in the Rio Negro province of Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 13.9/14
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A wooden statue of a condor stands under the stars at the entrance of the base of the Andean Condor Conservation Program in Sierra Paileman in the Rio Negro province of Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 13.10/14
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A dog passes as local authorities, conservationists and residents gather to free two Andean condors born in captivity almost three years prior in the Sierra Paileman where the Andean Condor Conservation Program is located in the Rio Negro province of Argentina, Friday, Oct. 14.11/14
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Andean condor Yastay, which means "God that is protector of the birds" in the Quechua Indigenous language, wears a GPS transmitter on his wing as he spreads it outside his cage moments before his release from the Andean Condor Conservation Program where he was born in captivity in the Sierra Paileman in the Rio Negro province of Argentina, Friday, Oct. 14.12/14
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An Andean condor named Yastay, which means "God that is protector of the birds," in the Quechua Indigenous language, spreads his wings after being freed by the Andean Condor conservation program where he was born almost three years prior in Sierra Paileman in the Rio Negro province of Argentina, Friday, Oct. 14.13/14
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An Andean condor named Yastay, meaning "God that is protector of the birds," in the Quechua Indigenous language, spreads his wings after being freed by the Andean Condor conservation program where he was born almost three years prior in Sierra Paileman in the Rio Negro province of Argentina, Friday, Oct. 14.14/14
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Youths throw Andean Condor feathers into the air symbolizing their good wishes for two newly liberated Andean condors who were born in captivity almost three years prior at the Andean Condor Conservation Program in Sierra Paileman in the Rio Negro province of Argentina, Friday, Oct. 14.
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