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Common Raven Harasses Condor #923 On Rocky Ledge – October 10, 2018

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

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For better or worse, California Condors and Commons Ravens are no strangers to one another. Condors are seen chasing ravens—known predators of condor eggs—from their nest vicinities. But while they might be nest robbers, these crafty corvids also play a role help condors find their dinner. When soaring, condors use their keen eyesight to locate conspicuous scavengers assembling at carcasses. Once on the ground, the much larger condors normally don't hesitate to claim the meal as their own. 

Here, we observe one cheeky raven harassing young #923 as dad watches from a close distance.

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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