13th Endangered Condor Chick Breaks Zoo Hatch Record

Thirteen fluffy California condor chicks are hopping in their nest boxes at the Oregon Zoo’s Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation this month - the biggest cohort yet in the zoo’s 21-year effort to save this critically endangered species from extinction.
“It’s been an incredible hatching season,” said Travis Koons, who oversees the zoo’s bird populations and northwest species recovery efforts. “We’ve been working for decades to help raise as many condors as possible, and this has been our most successful year ever.”
The chicks will stay with their parents for at least eight months before moving to pre-release pens for about a year. Eventually, they will travel to a wild release site to join free-flying condors in California and Arizona.

[@SaberToothBicycle]

Welcome to the world, little one! Like all new arrivals, you're more special than you could possibly know--you are also a record-breaker! Congratulations, Oregon Zoo!

[@Serpentking789]

BIG FLUFFY BABY!!

[@lifeinjaneyscrochetworld8756]

SO ADORABLE 💋BIG HUGS, congratulations mom,happy mother's day

[@Truffle85]

Wow, look how big those wings are already! Welcome little condor!

[@AustinSPTD1996]

For once, 13 is a lucky number. Congrats on breaking the clutch record! :)

[@g-a-i-l-]

Who can believe their eyes. Wonderful!

[@lisahammond161]

❤ how Sweet

[@catherinebreitfeller669]

how wonderful !!❤❤👍🏻👍🏻

[@bellavanilla7294]

Mom and baby are so beautiful!

[@enricotoesca3941]

Wonderful baby Condor ❤❤❤❤

[@rolandalfonso6954]

Just. Wonderful. And you bet this got shared!

[@wendywobbles1]

Little one is like "Cover me up mum" too cute

[@AniFam]

Amazing~👍 Thank you for sharing this video~🤗

[@jataim4197]

Your BEAUTIFUL!!!! Love Earth!!!! 🌍🌎🌏

[@alicechapman4005]

Just in time for Mother's Day ❤

[@esauboeck]

I love the way the parents look at it in astonishment. "What are we supposed to do with this?"

[@drsloan]

That’s how I felt when my kid was born. “You mean I take him home with me?” LOL At least I didn’t have 13 of em!

[@esauboeck]

@@drsloan so did I!

[@LindaR423]

Cute little ball of fluff.

[@WobblesandBean]

Lookit himbs doing a dancey dance 💜

[@jakemiketta3868]

What’s the baby and mother condor’s name?

[@enricotoesca3941]

Vulture gryphus ?

[@davidnierzwick2775]

👍👏👏👏

[@ethantylor8731]

billiard ball number 8

[@thepaleogamer2125]

The baby looks like a dodo