Ke hoʻihoʻi liʻiliʻi nei lākou i ko lākou ʻāina kahiko ma Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, kahi e hoʻopiha ai i nā kaiāulu o ia wahi a me nā kamaʻāina o Baja Kaleponi me ka haʻaheo.
Ma ka Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, ke kiʻekiʻena ma Baja Kaleponi, anuanu ke kakahiaka, e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ia kekahi o nā kuahiwi ʻo Mekiko me ka helu kiʻekiʻe a me ka ikaika o ka hāʻule hau i ka makahiki. A i kēlā kakahiaka i koʻu hoʻomākaukau ʻana i loko o koʻu wahi hūnā, e hoʻopaʻa leo ai i ka condor Kaleponi, ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe. Ma ka hōʻemi ʻana o 3 kekelē Celsius ke hoʻāʻo nei wau e pumehana i koʻu mau lima me ke kīʻaha kope e kōkua iaʻu e kali no nā kukuna mua o ka lā. Eia naʻe, ʻo kaʻu kope kaʻu i anuanu koke. I loko o kahi huna ma koʻu ʻaoʻao ʻo Oliver, koʻu hoa hana me kekahi pahupaʻiwikiō ʻē aʻe a ke peʻe nei ʻo ia iaʻu e hōʻike ana he mea nui e hana ana ma waho. ʻIke wau ʻaʻole lākou i condors, no ka mea me kēlā mehana ʻaʻole lākou e lele maʻamau, koi lākou i nā kai wela, wela e wela. Nānā ʻole wau i ka puka aniani i uhi ʻia a ʻike i kahi ʻano hoihoi nāna e hoʻāʻo nei e ʻike iaʻu ma lalo o 7 mau mika ka mamao.
ʻO ka pō ma mua o ko mākou haʻalele ʻana i kahi wāwae nui o ka bipi i mua o ka wahi hūnā, ke kali nei i nā condors e iho i lalo e ʻai ke ala koke ke ao i hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopaʻa leo a paʻi kiʻi iā lākou ma kahi kokoke a hana. ʻO ka waiho ʻana i nā holoholona make kahi ʻāpana o ka hoʻolālā mālama no nā condor Kaleponi, i hoʻohui ʻia e ka meaolaola ʻo Juan Vargas; Kākoʻo ʻo ia a me kāna hui i kā lākou hānai ʻana me nā holoholona i make ma ke alaloa Transpeninsular a i ʻole nā mahiā kokoke. Akā, he manu ʻole kēia ʻano, ʻoi aku kona maʻalea a me ka mana, ke aliʻi o ke kuahiwi: kahi puma (Felis concolor), i hōʻea i ka wanaʻao e ʻai i ka wāwae o ka bipi, akā kānalua ʻo ia i nā wahi hūnā a hāpai mau i kāna nānā iā mākou Eia naʻe, ke pā ikaika nei ka makani iā mākou, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke ʻike, lohe a honi ʻole iā mākou. Noʻu he manawa kū hoʻokahi ia e paʻi kiʻi ai i kahi cougar i ke kūʻokoʻa a ma lalo o kahi kukui nani, kahi laki nui loa.
ʻO kēia kiʻi mana wale nō ka prelude i ka mea e hiki mai ana. Noho ka puma ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola. I ka hopena ua neʻe ʻo ia i ka hoʻomehana ʻana o ka lā i nā kuahiwi a ma ke awakea he ʻeiwa mau condor i hōʻea mai, me ko lākou eheu pīhoihoi he ʻekolu mika a ʻai i ke koena o ka bipi, he mea kupaianaha ke ʻike aku iā lākou e ʻai ana a e hakakā ana no ka meaʻai, e like me ke kūlana a lākou e noho ai i loko. ko lākou nohona kaiaulu, ka mea i haʻalele ʻole iā lākou mai nā kūʻē kūloko.
ʻO lākou nā manu ʻāina lele nui loa o ka honua. Hiki iā lākou ke ola i 50 mau makahiki a ʻoi a mālama i kahi hoa no ke ola. Ma ka ʻāina ʻAmelika he ʻelua mau ʻano: ʻo ka Andor condor (Vultur gryphus) e noho wale ana ma ʻAmelika Hema, a ʻo Kaleponi hoʻokahi (Gymnogyps californiaianus) a ʻoiai ʻaʻohe pili o kekahi i kekahi, ʻo kā lākou huakaʻi he mea kupaianaha a mahalo hoʻi.
Me kahi ʻēheu ma ka lua kupapaʻu
Kupaianaha ka moʻolelo mālama o ka condor Kaleponi: nalowale loa ia mai ka ʻāina ʻo Mekiko a puni nā 1930s. I ka makahiki 1938, ua hōʻike ʻia ka ʻike maka hope loa i ka nahelehele, ma ka Sierra de San Pedro Mártir. Ma hope mai ua hōʻole nui ka heluna kanaka ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a ma ka makahiki 1988 ua aneane pau loa ia me 27 mau hiʻohiʻona i ka nāhelehele.
ʻO kēia kūlana i alakaʻi ʻia i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi papahana hopu makua a makua ʻole no ka hoʻoulu pio pio ʻana ma United States. I ka manawa e kūleʻa ai ka papahana hānau, ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻolauna hou ʻana i ka nāhelehele, ma lalo o ka palekana a me nā hana e nānā ai; i kēia lā aia ma kahi o 290, a ma kahi o 127 manuahi.
Kuhi kēia papahana hoʻihoʻi i ka hoʻouka hou ʻana i ka helu nui loa o nā pūnaewele ma waena o kāna mōʻaukala o ka puʻunaue ʻana, e komo pū ana me kahi papahana binational ma Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, ma Baja Kaleponi.
I ka hopena, condors ma Mekiko
I ka makahiki 2002 ua hoʻolauna ʻia nā kope ʻeono ʻeono. ʻO kēia hanana ka mea nui loa no ka mālama ʻana i nā laha. Hoʻohana ʻia nā laʻana mai ka Zoo o Los Angeles a lawe ʻia i loko o nā pahu kūikawā, e pale ana i ke koʻikoʻi a hiki. Kali ke kamaʻāina i ko lākou hōʻea ʻana me ke kali nui a ʻaʻole ia no ka mea liʻiliʻi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike iā lākou e lele ana ma mua o 60 mau makahiki. Ua hōʻike ka poʻe he nui i ka makaʻu i ka manaʻo e hoʻouka kaua i kā lākou holoholona. Ua pīhoihoi wale nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Ua hana ʻia nā palapala like ʻole, me nā wikiō e hoʻomaopopo ai i ka lehulehu ʻaʻole lākou he manu lele e like me nā ʻaeto; ma kahi o ka ʻai make wale lākou. Ua ʻike kekahi o nā ejidatarios he manawa kūpono ia e huki ai i ka mākaʻikaʻi i Sierra.
I ka hopena ua loaʻa iā mākou nā condors manuahi e lele ana ma luna o ka lewa a aniani moakaka loa o Mekiko. I kēia lā, maʻalahi ka ʻike ʻana iā lākou e lele ana ma luna o ka ʻāina. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i pau ko lākou pilikia. Aia kekahi mau ahi nahele nui ma ia wahi i makaʻu i ka papahana. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻaneʻane i hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā mea mua i hōʻeha ʻia e nā hoʻouka kaua ʻana e kahi ʻaeto ʻaʻano kolohe. Akā i ka hopena ua lanakila ka condors a lanakila i ko lākou wahi ma ka Sierra.
I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua loaʻa hou kekahi mau hana hou me ka kūleʻa nui, ma ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka pio i ka paʻa kūikawā, a me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ke kūʻokoʻa.
ʻAʻole ola ka Condors i ke kenekulia 20. Akā i kēia manawa, ʻo kāna mau lele lele paha (e like me ka mea i haʻi ʻia e nā kaʻao ʻōiwi o ka ʻāina) he kiʻi mana hiki ke lawe mai i nā uila mai ka lani mai.
Pehea e loaʻa ai
E kiʻi i ka Sierra de San Pedro Mártir ʻaʻohe halihali lehulehu. E hele i ke kaʻa, lawe i ke alaloa Transpeninsular i ka hema o ensenada ma kahi o 170 km. Pono pono e huli i ka hikina a hele i ke kaona o San Telmo de Arriba, e hele i ka mahinaʻai Meling a hāhai i kahi āpau ma kahi o 80 mau kilomita i ka National Park. Hiki ke ala no nā kaʻa o ke kiʻekiʻe maikaʻi, ʻoiai ma loko o ka National Park kahi pono e pono ai kahi kalaka kiʻekiʻe. I nā kūlana hau, pono kahi kaʻa 4 × 4 a akahele hoʻi me nā kahawai no ka mea he maikaʻi nā kahawai.
