Adventurous Condor Chick #871 Climbs Tree In Devils Gate Nest Area – Dec. 1, 2017

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

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The California Condor cam resumed operation for a short while on Dec.1, 2017 to give viewers a glimpse at condor chick #871 climbing a tree in the nest area! Today marks day 234 post-hatch for #871, and there have been no observations of fledging yet. Stay tuned!


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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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