California Condor #871 Pops Into View for Some Wing Flapping – August 14, 2017

2,036 views · Published 14 August 2017 · 1:43 · Indexed 27 October 2026

Channel: Cornell Lab Bird Cams · 2017 · Pets & Animals

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Watch condor chick #871 pops on camera for some furious wing flapping on a sun-soaked Monday morning in Devils Gate. At over 4 months of age, the chick should take its first flight within the next 40–60 days! 

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About the Nest
This condor nest, known as the Devils Gate nest, is located in the Los Padres National Forest, near Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge. The parents of the chick in the Devil’s Gate nest are mom #513 and dad #206. Dad #206 hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo in 1999 and mom #513 hatched at the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise Idaho in 2009. This is their third nesting attempt together but they have yet to successfully fledge a chick.
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