Nine fluffy California condor chicks hatched so far this spring at our conservation center, a record in our 18-year recovery effort! With luck, each little fluffball will grow up strong and eventually be released into the wild, helping save this critically endangered species. | Oregon Zoo

13K views · 274 reactions | Scientists who are breeding the California condor in captivity and releasing them into the wild say the endangered bird faces another hazard: lead poisoning. https://cbsn.ws/3ALHB0s | CBS Sunday Morning | Facebook

Take an inside look at the decades-long effort to save the California condor! By 1982, only 22 California condors survived in the wild. As of last year, thanks to countless partners teaming up for a breeding program, there were nearly 350 of North America’s largest birds in the wild. At The Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey outside Boise, Idaho, partners have raised more than 300 California condors. “What’s remarkable is that they’re really raising the future of the California cond

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