Condors ravage California family home | Abroad

“They are still not gone,” tweeted daughter Seana Quintero. She adds that the beasts have caused considerable damage to the porch. The condor is an endangered species, of which only around 500 are currently flying through United States airspace. Some of them (160) live in California.

‘Poop everything under’

Although the condor may have a pretty scary appearance, the mother of the family is by no means deterred. “My little mother just walked up to those big birds and tried to scare them away,” said Seana Quintero on Twitter. Not that the birds in turn are impressed by this. According to Seana, they cannot be chased away. “They just stay here on the roof and shit everything underneath.”

The US Fish and Wildlife Service took note of Quintero’s tweets and said their home is located in a place that was once the habitat of condors. “If this happens again, we recommend that you scare them away in a way that doesn’t hurt them. For example, turn on the garden hose and make loud noises. A scarecrow might also come in handy ”, says the nature organization.

‘Do condor things’

This turned out to work. Quintero says that her mother has given the birds ‘a good shower’ with the garden hose and that they have therefore decided to move into the tree a few meters from their property. “Now they are there. Waiting, watching, doing a little condor stuff, ”she tweeted.

The California condor is one of the largest birds in the world. The animal has been a protected species in America since 1967.

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