Mystery Condor Discovered by Biologists

This would be the third chick for #209, the suspected father, and is perhaps the best Christmas present we could ask for, said "Kelly Sorenson, VWS executive director. "This is truly exciting to witness as it offers another example of condors surviving on their own."

The total condor population now stands at 425 individuals (captive and wild) of which 116 are living in the wilds of California. Condor populations are also found in Baja California, Mexico, Arizona and Utah.
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Condors in the wild can been seen by live streaming video at http://www.ventanaws.org/condor_cam thanks to the Oakland Zoo, Camzone Networks and FedEx and Ventana Wildlife Society.


Press release: January 8, 2015
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