New Cam: Watch A California Condor Chick Explore Its Nest
We’re excited to once again broadcast from a California Condor nest, thanks to our partners at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The last time we broadcast our condor cam was in 2022, so be sure to check out these huge birds and their incredible surroundings while the cam is live.
The chick, known as #1379, is 156 days old and weighs over 20 pounds. His/her parents are #328 (male) and #216 (female), two 20+ year-old condors that have made their nest on a cliff face in Orchard Draw on the Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge in Southern California. The young bird is expected to fledge by the end of October so be sure to watch now! Watch live cam.
You can watch the chick climb up and down a small promontory adjacent to the nest frequently throughout the day, often perching at the very edge. Parents come to visit and feed the chick irregularly at this point in the season. A reminder that the cam is offline at night and may be offline in the mornings if batteries are low from cloudy days.
White-throated Sparrow by Brad Imhoff / Macaulay Library.
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Northern Flicker Preens and Primps in Montana
All eyes were on this handsome male Northern Flicker when he stopped by the Hellgate Osprey nest for a long bout of preening. Northern Flickers are large, brown woodpeckers with black-scalloped plumage. In western North America, flickers are “red-shafted,” showing beautiful flashes of salmon-red in the wings in flight (and in this video) and a bright white flash on the rump.
Illustrations by 2023 Bartels Science Illustrator Vera Ting.
Brighten up the winter with woodpeckers!
Enjoy illustrations and facts about woodpeckers worldwide in this beautiful poster, illustrated by Vera Ting.
Albatross Chick Learns How to Hover in Gale-Force Winds
Warning: there’s loud wind noise and viewers should adjust their volume
On a rainy, blustery afternoon in New Zealand, the Royal Cam albatross chick put on an impressive show during flight practice. This chick had never left the nest before and yet showed off its innate flying skills, instinctively knowing how to hover in place for several minutes as the wind streams past—all without taking a single wingbeat.
Only a few days later, the young bird fledged out into the Pacific and began making its way toward South America, where it will likely spend the next few years foraging before returning to New Zealand. Soon enough, the new breeding season will get underway as adult albatrosses begin returning to the headland.
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