Humboldt County Might See Its First Condor Chick Hatched In the Wild In a Century

"Based on a series of behavioral changes and an analysis of flight data, the Northern California Condor Restoration Program determined that condors A0 (Ney-gem' Ne-chween-kah) and A1 (Hlow Hoo-let) may have started tending to a newly laid egg in early February, although actual confirmation of an egg is impossible due to the remoteness of the nesting site."

"A0 would have deposited the egg within a cavity of an old-growth redwood in the Redwood Creek drainage after months of searching for the ideal location."

"The GPS data being tracked by the scientists shows the male and female taking turns sitting on the egg in the nest sitting so still that their lack of activity prompted mortality alerts."

A pair of California condors released into the wild in 2022 as part of a restoration program appear to be tending an egg in a redwood tree cavity in Humboldt County. Scientists with the Yurok Tribe monitoring the birds announced this milestone based on behavioral changes and flight pattern analysis. The nesting pair, both six years old, were among 26 condors raised in captivity and released into Redwood National and State Parks. GPS tracking shows the male and female taking turns sitting on the egg. This represents the first wild condor nest in Northern California in approximately 100 years, a significant achievement for the endangered species recovery program.

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