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Adult Condor Arrives to Feed, Chick Slips Off Cliff (Later Seen Looking OK on Ledge Below)

1,331 views · Published 11 September 2018 · 25:25 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: Cornell Lab Bird Cams · 2018 · Pets & Animals

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Condor chick #923 had a close call this afternoon after it slipped off the cliff ledge during a feeding visit by one of the adults. The chick was later spotted on the cross-canyon cam on a ledge below the nest. The chick appears to be unscathed, but it remains to be seen whether or not the young condor will be able to climb back up near its nesting cavity at this point. Continue to follow all of the action live on our cross-canyon camera at AllAboutBirds.org/Condors.

The California Condor cam is a collaboration between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Santa Barbara Zoo, the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 

This view of the Hutton's Bowl California Condor Nest is a new view set up from across the canyon, giving a view of the nesting area as well as the surrounding cliff faces that the chick #923 has been traversing. If the chick's not visible on this cam, be sure to check on the nest cam itself at http://allaboutbirds.org/condors


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About the Nest
This condor nest, known as the Hutton's Bowl nest, is located near Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge in Southern California. The parents of the chick in the Hutton's Bowl nest are mom #289 and dad #374. Both parents were hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo. Dad #374 hatched in 2005 and mom #289 hatched in 2002. This is their first nesting attempt together but both parents have had previous mates. When the nestling is four months old, it will receive a handmade wing tag with its studbook number, #923.
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