Even after the door was opened Saturday, the birds didn’t immediately leave their pen. After 20 minutes, one condor left the pen, followed 20 minutes later by another condor. Then, after sitting ...
Condor #1061 had already beaten the stiff odds. Long one of the world’s most endangered species, there are fewer than 400 California condors in the wild of North America. And when avian flu hit ...
But the annual practice was put on hold last year due to what is known as the "bird flu." Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza killed 21 condors in the Utah-Arizona flock. “This year’s condor ...