HAHA! I was watching an episode of the Beverly Hillbillies and some bird-brain was trying to "save the condors" even way back then. If these enviro-wackos have been making a concerted effort for 3 or 4 decades to save them; They would almost have to be dumb as rocks. Here, we call them buzzards, they are plentiful and I wouldn't describe them as smart. So these California buzzards must really be doorknobs.
I love buzzards! I lived in a part of the country (until 2 months back) where they arrived every spring, cleaned up the roads AND the landscape (while roosting on the radio tower next to McDonald's at night, which was a great thing to watch ;>), and went south when the weather got cold (something they could do, unlike most of the rest of us!). Buzzards are absolutely magnificent birds! (Have you ever watched them taking off in the morning, when the air is cold?) But these Kalifornia versions must be (based on news articles) just as stone-cold-stupid as the voters out there...