Devils Gate Chick Tests Balance Atop a Rock – July 24, 2017
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Channel: Cornell Lab Bird Cams · 2017 · Pets & Animals
Watch the lumbering California Condor chick work to keep its balance on top of a rock in Devils Gate before gracefully dismounting onto the ground below. Watch Live 24/7, with highlights and news updates, at http://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. Thanks for watching! *********************************** 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. #birdcams #live #condor #birds #wildlife #nature #nowplaying #california
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