Big Sur Condors ~ Redwood Queen & Zenith Welcome Their New Chick Into The World! 🐣 5.10.24

There is exciting news to share from Big Sur! 🌟

From VWS: "The cat's out of the bag -- 190 "Redwood Queen" and 650 "Zenith" have a chick! Their egg was due to hatch 5/5, and we confirmed a chick in the nest just hours before the camera feed went live! As you all know, 190 has many years of nesting experience in this tree, but first-time dad 650 was doing a great job incubating and caring for their new chick today (studbook ID to come). We are so thrilled the nest cam is now live -- huge shout out to Joe and Explore.org for getting it up and running again! Zenith is sharing feeding and brooding duties with Mom Redwood Queen. 🐣💕

The video begins with RWQ on the nest brooding her new chick. She gets up and takes a break going to the hole entrance of the redwood tree. She flies off and we see the wee chick alone but only for a few moments! Daddy Zenith comes and takes over. Soon Redwood Queen returns (you will see her on the upper right of the cam as Zenith is in the nest brooding the chick).

Congratulations to our condor couple!!! Thank you for watching!

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Chick hatched around May 5th 2024
Redwood Queen: #190 Female​, hatched in 1998 in LA Zoo
Zenith: #650 Male hatched in 2012 in LA Zoo

Redwood Queen's first mate was Kingpin #167. He died in the Dolan wildfire 2020. Redwood Queen then mated with Phoenix #477 in 2021 but he has disappeared in 2023 & is presumed deceased.

Courtesy of Ventura Wildlife Society https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK_wUrkKJVTpCOu1ww1VnUA and Explore.org https://explore.org/livecams/condors/california-condors-redwood-grove

For more information on supporting the work of the VWS and helping them rebuild the condor sanctuary: https://www.ventanaws.org/condor_cam.html

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