Lead poisoning killed the youngest member of an endangered flock of California condors in Redwood National Park in Humboldt County, Yurok tribal wildfire officials said Wednesday.  The 18-month-old condor,

In a social media post on Wednesday, the tribe said the 18-month-old condor, found in the wild in January, died after it apparently ate an air gun pellet. The bird was found in a remote backwoods area of Redwood National Park .

Lead is the single biggest threat to condors in the wild and is responsible for nearly half of released condor mortalities where the cause of death is determined.

B7, the youngest member of the North Coast’s fledgling California condor flock, also known by the Yurok name Pey-noh-pey-o-wok' (I am friend or kind

A California condor, known as Pey-noh-pey-o-wok', has died from lead poisoning just months after being released into the wild as part of the Yurok Tribe's Northern California Condor Restoration Program.