California Condor Chick Scales The Cliffs Of Toms Canyon – Nov. 2, 2022

The California Condor chick uses its big wings to balance while scaling the cliffs of Toms Canyon. Fledging is not far away for this active nestling!

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The California Condor cam is a collaboration between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Santa Barbara Zoo, the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

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This year's California Condor Cam experience focuses on a new nest in Toms Canyon, featuring #462 (male) and #846 (female). Read on to learn about their breeding histories.

#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 Toms Canyon with previous mate, female #594. The pair successfully fledged chicks, female condor #926 and male condor #1048. Condor #1048 fledged at the end of 2020 when he was chased out of his nest by male condor #374 and was raised post-fledge solely by #462.

This is five-year old #846's first year nesting. #846 also fledged out of Huttons Bowl in 2016 by parents #374 and female condor #79 from the same cavity that was live streamed last year. #846 is famous for taking a long-range flight up to Mt. Whitney in 2020.

Other interesting facts:
- Male condor #374 paired with #462's previous mate, female condor #594 over the 2021 breeding season and their nest was last year's live streamed Condor Cam in Huttons Bowl.
-#462 and #846 were both raised by female condor #79, who was #462's foster parent and #846 biological parent.
-Male condor #247, who pulled last year's Huttons Bowl chick from its nest (#374 and #594's chick), is #462's foster parent.


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