"Silent, inaudible, invisible flow. The very mountains flowing to the sea. The great heart of the hills sending its life down in streams. Mountains die that we may live." These words of John Muir depicting earthy cycles could have easily been written to describe Big Sur and its interwoven rhythms of beginnings and endings in the heart of Condor Country.
This month brought the end of another nest and the beginning of four new condors to Big Sur. During the first week our crew went to Pinnacles National Monument to assist with a 60 day nest entry only to find an injured chick inside. 317 and 318 were not long in abandoning the nest after the crew lifted the chick with a broken wing to get the medical help it needed to survive. Now, thanks to the specialized expertise of the LA Zoo the chick has a promising future.
Meanwhile, both the Pinnacles and Big Sur flight pens are now filled to the brim with freshly arrived zoo- reared chicks that are soaking up their temporary haunts like wide-eyed two year olds. Each day more and more wild condors stop in to check them out and criss-cross beaks through mesh to get to know these rookies. Our flight pens are specifically designed to facilitate this kind of socialization and the wild chicks seem particularly happy to strut themselves with the presence of the greenhorns since they are now no longer the lowest birds in the flock.
Meanwhile, both the Pinnacles and Big Sur flight pens are now filled to the brim with freshly arrived zoo- reared chicks that are soaking up their temporary haunts like wide-eyed two year olds. Each day more and more wild condors stop in to check them out and criss-cross beaks through mesh to get to know these rookies. Our flight pens are specifically designed to facilitate this kind of socialization and the wild chicks seem particularly happy to strut themselves with the presence of the greenhorns since they are now no longer the lowest birds in the flock.
Big Sur has welcomed stud book numbers 559 (M), 566 (M), 569 (F) and 583 (F) all of whom hatched in April of last year at the Los Angeles Zoo, except 583 who hatched in May at the World Center for Birds of Prey. Our first wild fledged chick of the flock, 444, is currently serving as mentor for these younglings, but with fall trap-up just over the horizon "Ventana" could likely find herself replaced with an older bird.
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