TIL: In 1982, only 22 California condors survived in the wild. This glorious bird is a huge conservation success story. Thanks to dedicated breeding programs and conservation efforts, there are now nearly 350 condors in the wild. At The Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey outside Boise, Idaho, California Condors took flight from a fenced feeding area in snowy weather. The founding members of Environmental Defense Fund were pivotal in the fight to protect bald eagles and other birds f

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released an adult California condor into the wild back in September. This condor, #939, was hatched & reared at the L.A. Zoo in 2018 as part of the California Condor Recovery Program, led by USFWS. Condor #939 was only in the wild for a brief time before she was discovered sick and exhibiting symptoms of lead poisoning in early 2025 - an all too common threat for the California condor. What followed was a harrowing journey to save this wild condor. Read all abo

The California Condor Cam is back for 2022, focusing on a new nest in Tom's Canyon featuring #462 (male) and #846 (female). Their egg started pipping today, and is expected to hatch in the next 24-48 hours! Watch live at allaboutbirds.org/condors #462 was wild-hatched in 2008 by foster parents, male #247 and female #79 out of a Huttons Bowl nest, the same territory featured in last year's Condor Cam. #462 has nested twice before in 2018 and 2020; both times in Tom's Canyon with previous mate, fe

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