Once on the verge of extinction, the California condor population is slowly back on the rise. Conservationist and nature photographer Ian Shive Photography visits Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge to document the ongoing recovery efforts. —> Discovery.com/cacondor #californiacondor #wildlife #conservation #natureinfocus | Discovery

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🦅 ☔ The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service captured the moment a California Condor chick first experienced rain. "California condor chick #1379 experienced rain for the first time!" USFWS wrote. "This video is double in time for maximum fps (flaps per second)." DYK that EDF was pivotal in the fight to protect bald eagles and other birds from the devastating effects of DDT, back in 1967? Read more about how EDF got started here: https://bit.ly/3ZAAYM3 #BaldEagle #Condor #CaliforniaCondor #Rain #Wildli

The California Condor Cam is back for 2022, focusing on a new nest in Tom's Canyon featuring #462 (male) and #846 (female). Their egg started pipping today, and is expected to hatch in the next 24-48 hours! Watch live at allaboutbirds.org/condors #462 was wild-hatched in 2008 by foster parents, male #247 and female #79 out of a Huttons Bowl nest, the same territory featured in last year's Condor Cam. #462 has nested twice before in 2018 and 2020; both times in Tom's Canyon with previous mate, fe