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MyspaceThis month, the Santa Barbara Zoo (500 Niños Dr.) acquired a six-year-old female California condor. While this avian species may not be known for its good looks, “Number 327”—as the cutie will be known until being named—sports colorful adult plumage and, as an endangered species, is one of S.B.’s most unique animal residents. Visit 327 at the zoo between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. Admission is $10-$12. Call 962-5339 for more info.
Sheri Horiszny
Bird Brains
New California Condor Arrives at Santa Barbara Zoo
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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Just for the record, the Santa Barbara Zoo doesn't have a captive breeding program. We are holding four juveniles and this one adult bird until they move into the captive breeding program. There are four locations: Los Angeles Zoo, San Diego Wild Animal Park, Oregon Zoo, and the Peregrine World Center for Birds of Prey (Boise, ID), where all four of these birds were hatched. Some birds can't be released into the wild, for various reasons, and some condors, like 327, can't make it in the wild. The good news is that there are now more condors flying in the wild than in captivity and that there are at least three active nest sites about 40 miles from here that the Zoo and US Fish and Wildlife Service are monitoring. Check out Matt Kettman's excellent cover story on condors, which ran in the Independent on January 7. And, hey, some of us think they are pretty "cute..."
juliapr (anonymous profile)
March 16, 2010 at 10:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)