What about my babies?! Who in their right mind still puts lead and DDT into the environment? |
Cute California chick hatches at L.A. Zoo, a boost to endangered species (KTLA) |
Endangered California Condor Chicks Hatch At LA Zoo | Los Angeles, CA Patch |
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Those bald eagles are totally unreliable, possibly due to DDT contamination of the environment by humans that reaches LA's neighboring forest and waterways at Big Bear Lake, next to Mt. Baldy, which is not named after its nesting eagles.
There are legends of this great bird. |
Imagine taking van into the woods to see nature |
Alas, these chicks are not nearly as cute as their hoary cousins of the north. But their mothers and many others may love them all the more for it.
In other cute baby animals born today news: Adorable but deadly fluff balls, better known as pygmy slow lorises, born at the Smithsonian's National Zoo |
- Endangered California condors born at Los Angeles Zoo (KTLA)
- 5 California condor chicks hatched at Los Angeles Zoo (NBC Los Angeles)
- VIDEO: LA Zoo celebrates 5 California condor hatchlings, with more to come (ABC7 Los Angeles)
- 5 endangered California condors born at L.A. Zoo (Yahoo)
- Want to see a California 'superbloom'? Go to LAX airport
Condors
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I understand you've been exterminating us |
With a nine-and-a-half-foot wingspan, these ancient birds can fly more than 100 miles each day in search of carcasses to feed on.
Condors roost on rocky ledges and in treetops, where they can easily launch into the warm air rising in morning thermals.
These vultures are highly intelligent, inquisitive, and social birds. By 1982, the wild population had dwindled down to 22 birds due to human contamination of the environment.
Humans did this largely through lead poisoning from bullets aimed at murdering and injuring living beings, which were left in the carrion (dead beings) the birds consume to survive as they clean up the environment.
In 1987, the last condor was removed from the wild. With a population of just 27 captive birds, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in collaboration with Los Angeles Zoo and the San Diego Zoo began an intensive breeding and reintroduction program.
It eventually increased the population to more than 500 birds. The release of condors bred in captivity with human care began in 1992. So far about 300 California condors have been re-introduced into the wild. More
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