We love sharing good news. The Peregrine Fund (Boise, ID) recently posted that the tiny California Condor chick that
emerged from its shell a couple of weeks ago marked a major milestone for The Peregrine Fund.
It was the 200th chick to hatch in the conservation group’s captive
breeding facility since joining the effort to breed endangered condors in 1993. (You can read the press release here.)
The captive breeding facility at The
Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey is home to 62 condors, the
world’s largest flock of captive condors. This year, 18 pairs produced 20 eggs.
When the chicks are about 9 months old, they are transferred to The Peregrine
Fund’s release site near the Grand Canyon in Arizona, where they join the wild
flock, which currently numbers 72 birds.
Some of you might recall Condor #350, the
18-month-old bird that was
brought to TRC November 2005. The bird was injured near his home range on the
North Rim of the Grand Canyon. He was one of only four condors that hatched and survived in the wild that year.
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