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For 30 years I have been involved with the California Condor Research Program. Presently I am in charge of a database which consists of over 4,500 articles about the condor. Each document is entered into the computerized database and is represented by a hard copy of each entry. The collection of condor material also includes field notes of researchers up to 1987, along with slides and photos of the 1980s research effort. Beginning in 1976, I began a field study of a pair of condors nesting in Santa Barbara County's back country. This study continued up to the death of the female and the capture of the male in Dec. 1986 The Museum is still a coooperator with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service so I still go out in the field to assist in the California Condor Recovery Program. I was educated at Cornell University, studying under Dr. Arthur A. Allen.

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

2559 Puesta del Sol

Santa Barbara, California 93105 United States

Phone: 805-967-6549 x 180 Fax: 805-569-3170

Email: jhamber@sbnature2.org

Research Interests

As the manager of the California Condor Information System at the Museum, I am always interested in any documents, books or research reports pertaining to this species.


Species of Interest:
California Condor

Publications

Bates, C.D., J.A. Hamber, and M.J. Lee. 1993. The California Condor and California Indians. American Indian Art Magazine 1993:41-47.
Hamber, J.A. 1983. California Condor research in Santa Barbara County. Vulture News 9-10:4-10.
Hamber, J.A. 1984. The California Condor update from southern California. Vulture News 11:18-19.
Hamber, J.A. 2006. California Condors AC2 and AC3. Vulture News 54:34-38.
Snyder, N.F.R., and J.A. Hamber. 1985. Replacement clutching and annual nesting of Californnia Condors. Condor 87:374-378.