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‘Huge moment’: Northern California’s first condor egg in 100 years reported in redwood tree
‘Huge moment’: Northern California’s first condor egg in 100 years reported in redwood tree
The effort to restore the endangered California condor to the state’s far north hit a milestone last month with the likely discovery of the region’s first condor egg in more than a century.
Scientists with the Yurok Tribe say that two of 26 condors released to the wild in Humboldt County since 2022 have recently paired up, established a nest high in a redwood tree and appear to be tending to an egg.
The prospect of a new chick in the coastal forest is the first sign that the reintroduced condor population in Northern California is become self-sustaining. Condors, which are the continent’s largest flying birds with nearly 10-foot wingspans, were driven to near extinction last century. They’ve only recently begun to recover, thanks to reestablishment programs.










