California Ecosystems - Condors in the Ecosystem (original) rattlesnake including it's host plan milkweed

including it's host plan milkweed

This original illustration of a protea is rendered in colored pencil on Duralene and backed with colored paper

This original illustration of Chickens is from my series "Birds We Love to Hate"

the cards have the apple variety labelled on the back

we must protect both their habitat and their sources of food

California Ecosystems - Condors in the Ecosystem (original) rattlesnake including it's host plan milkweedCalifornia Condors (Gymnogyps californianus) once ranged over much of the Western United States, but by the 1980s they were at the brink of extinction. With our help, their numbers are now rebounding. Condors feed on the carcasses of marine mammals, such as California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) and ungulates like Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus). Research shows that condors also historically fed on salmon (here Oncorynchus tshawytscha) and many