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The National Park Service celebrated the birth of two Critically Endangered chicks—and social media is reveling in their fluff-ball photos.
Deemed to be extinct in the wild in 1987, the remaining California condors—the largest flying land bird in the Western Hemisphere—were encouraged to breed in captivity and pairs were reintroduced to northern Arizona and southern Utah.
Now, chicks like this pair in Pinnacles National Park in northern California are being born in the wild each year.
After approaching the very edge of existence, it’s a beautiful thing to see new condor chicks born in the wild, and biologists say their first health checkups have shown they’re in perfect condition.
“Both nestlings recently had their first health checkups, and we’re happy to report that everything is looking great. During their checkups, the first nestling was 44 days old, and the second nestling was 68 days old,” the National Park Service wrote on Instagram.
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Deemed to be extinct in the wild in 1987, the remaining California condors—the largest flying land bird in the Western Hemisphere—were encouraged to breed in captivity and pairs were reintroduced to northern Arizona and southern Utah.
Now, chicks like this pair in Pinnacles National Park in northern California are being born in the wild each year.
After approaching the very edge of existence, it’s a beautiful thing to see new condor chicks born in the wild, and biologists say their first health checkups have shown they’re in perfect condition.
“Both nestlings recently had their first health checkups, and we’re happy to report that everything is looking great. During their checkups, the first nestling was 44 days old, and the second nestling was 68 days old,” the National Park Service wrote on Instagram.
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Two Critically Endangered Baby Condors Born in National Park Are Healthy, ‘Adorable Fluffballs’
After approaching the very edge of existence, it is a beautiful thing to be able to celebrate new condor chicks born in the wild
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