Condor C0 has returned to the Northern California Condor Restoration Program (NCCRP) flight pen after scans at the Oakland Zoo determined that the bird likely impacted something with her right wing hard enough to chip the radius bone. Condors have two long wing bones: the radius and the ulna. The radius is smaller in diameter. Oakland Zoo vets indicated that the bone is already well-healed and that it should not affect C0’s flight or release schedule. Because of this positive diagnosis, NCCRP st

By 1982, only 22 California condors survived in the wild. As of 2022, 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. Meet a propagation manager, watch more video clips, and learn more about the incredibly complex work of endangered species recovery: https://ow.ly/kxHM50Q9Wz7 Video: