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Chris N. Parish was raised in Buttonwillow, California near the historical range of the remnant California condor population in the southern San Joaquin Valley. After a brief introduction to the wildlife of the desert foothills, he moved on to school at Northern Arizona University obtaining a B.S. in Biology with emphasis on Fish and Wildlife Management. After working on the Black Footed Ferret Reintroduction Program for the Arizona Game and Fish Department, he transferred to the Flagstaff Regional Office as Condor Project Coordinator in 1997. Since fall 2000, he has been directing the condor project’s field effort for The Peregrine Fund.
Chris and his wife Ellen, have two beautiful daughters, Emma and Anna. They can often be found together exploring the wilds of the four corners region while tracking condors. Chris enjoys hunting, fishing, and photography when he can make time.

The Peregrine Fund

HC 31 Box 22

Mormon Lake, AZ 86038 United States

Phone: (928) 606-5155 Fax: (928) 354-2215

Email: cparish@peregrinefund.org

Research Interests

Lead poisoning in raptors.


Species of Interest:
California Condor

Publications

Parish, C. & W.G. Hunt. 2016. The Peregrine Fund's California Condor recovery program, northern Arizona and southern Utah, USA. pp.92-97. in Soorae, P.S. (ed.). Global re-introduction perspectives: 2016. Case-studies from around the globe. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN/SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group and Abu Dhabi, UAE: Environment Agency- Abu Dhabi. xiv + 276pp. pdf
Rideout, B.A., I. Stalls, R. Papendick, A. Pessier, B. Puschner, M.E. Finkelstein, D.R. Smith, M. Johnson, M. Mace, R. Stroud, J. Brandt, J. Burnett, C. Parish, J. Petterson, C. Witte, C. Stringfield, K. Orr, J. Zuba, M. Wallace, and J. Grantham. 2012. Patterns of mortality in free-ranging California Condors (Gymnogyps californianus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 48:95-112. pdf
Hunt, W.G., C.N. Parish, K. Orr, and R.F. Aguilar. 2009. Lead poisoning and the reintroduction of the California Condor in southern Arizona. Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery 23:145-150. pdf
Bedrosian, B., C.N. Parish, and D. Craighead. 2009. (Abstract) Difference between blood lead level detection techniques: analysis within and among three techniques and four avian species. Pp. 287-288 in R.T. Watson, M. Fuller, M. Pokras, and G. Hunt (eds.), Ingestion of lead from spent ammunition: implications for wildlife and humans. The Peregrine Fund, Boise, ID. pdf
Chesley, J., P. Reinthal, C. Parish, K. Sullivan, and R. Sieg. 2009. (Abstract) Evidence for the source of lead contamination within the California Condor. P. 265 in R.T. Watson, M. Fuller, M. Pokras, and G. Hunt (eds.), Ingestion of lead from spent ammunition: implications for wildlife and humans. The Peregrine Fund, Boise, ID. pdf
Green, R.H., W.G. Hunt, C.N. Parish, and I. Newton. 2009. Effectiveness of action to reduce exposure of free-ranging California Condors in Arizona and Utah to lead from spent ammunition. Pp. 240-253 in R.T. Watson, M. Fuller, M. Pokras, and G. Hunt (eds.), Ingestion of lead from spent ammunition: implications for wildlife and humans. The Peregrine Fund, Boise, ID. pdf
Parish, C.N., W.G. Hunt, E. Feltes, R. Sieg, and K. Orr. 2009. Lead exposure among a reintroduced population of California Condors in northern Arizona and southern Utah. In R.T. Watson, M. Fuller, M. Pokras, and W.G. Hunt (eds.), Ingestion of lead from spent ammunition: implications for wildlife and humans. The Peregrine Fund, Boise, Idaho, USA. pdf
Sieg, R., K.A. Sullivan, and C.N. Parish. 2009. Voluntary lead reduction efforts within the northern Arizona range of the California Condor. Pp. 341-349 in R.T. Watson, M. Fuller, M. Pokras, and G. Hunt (eds.), Ingestion of lead from spent ammunition: implications for wildlife and humans. The Peregrine Fund, Boise, ID. pdf
Green, R.E., W.G. Hunt, C.N. Parish, and I. Newton. 2008. Effectiveness of action to reduce exposure of free-ranging California Condors in Arizona and Utah to lead from spent ammunition. PLoS ONE 3(12): e4022. pdf
Parish, C. 2008. A hunter's perspective on lead -- now he shoots solid copper bullets! The Peregrine Fund Newsletter 39:6-7.
Hunt, W.G., C.N. Parish, S.C. Farry, T.G. Lord, and R. Sieg. 2007. Movements of introduced California Condors in Arizona in relation to lead exposure. Pp. 79-96 in A. Mee and L.S. Hall (eds.), California Condors in the 21st century. Nuttall Ornithological Club, Cambridge, MA, and American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. pdf
Parish, C.N., W.R. Heinrich, and W.G. Hunt. 2007. Lead exposure, diagnosis, and treatment in California Condors released in Arizona. Pp. 97-108 in A. Mee and L.S. Hall (eds.), California Condors in the 21st century. Nuttall Ornithological Club, Cambridge, MA, and American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. pdf
Sullivan, K., R. Sieg, and C.N. Parish. 2007. Arizona's efforts to reduce lead exposure in California Condors. Pp. 109-121 in A. Mee and L.S. Hall (eds.), California Condors in the 21st century. Nuttall Ornithological Club, Cambridge, MA, and American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. pdf
Woods, C.P., W.R. Heinrich, S.C. Farry, C.N. Parish, S.A.H. Osborn, and T.J. Cade. 2007. Survival and reproduction of California Condors released in Arizona. Pp. 57-78 in A. Mee and L.S. Hall (eds.), California Condors in the 21st century. Nuttall Ornithological Club, Cambridge, MA, and American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. pdf
Hunt, W.G., W. Burnham, C.N. Parish, K.K. Burnham, B. Mutch, and J.L. Oaks. 2006. Bullet fragments in deer remains: implications for lead exposure in avian scavengers. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:167-170. pdf
Hunt, G., and C. Parish. 2006. Wings on the rising wind. The Peregrine Fund Newsletter 37:6-7.
Heinrich, B., G. Hunt, C. Parish, and R. Townsend. 2004. California Condor report, 2004. The Peregrine Fund, Boise, ID.
Heinrich, B., C. Parish, and R. Townsend. 2003. California Condor report, 2003. The Peregrine Fund, Boise, ID.
Rogers, A.S., and C.N. Parish. 2002. (Abstract) California Condor reintroduction: status and direction of the Arizona project. P. 656 in Program of the Third North American Ornithological Conference. North American Ornithological Conference, New Orleans, LA.