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A rare Andean Condor chick, a downy, grey-white baby bird the size of a grapefruit, hatched Friday at the National Aviary. This is the first Andean Condor chick to hatch at the National Aviary since ...
Andean condors are massive birds, among the largest in the world that are able to fly. Because they are so heavy (up to 33 pounds), even their enormous 10-foot wingspan needs some help to keep them ...
PITTSBURGH — An endangered bird has recently hatched at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh. The National Aviary said that an Andean condor chick hatched on June 7. The Andean condor is considered ...
Gryph and Laurel are parents! The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden announced Friday that their egg hatched, breaking a 30-year dry spell in Andean condor breeding at the zoo. “The chick, a female, is ...
SANTIAGO, July 23 (Reuters) - An Andean condor being treated in Chile with lead in its blood, a pellet embedded in its skull and a satellite tracker from Argentina highlights the challenges of ...
Eric from The Dynamic Earth had a post earlier this week about animals encountered while in the field. That reminded me about some photographs of Andean condors from my work in Patagonia that I've ...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A bird that's critically endangered in Ecuador hatched at the National Aviary. Lianni, the aviary's 38-year-old Andean Condor, laid the egg on April 5 and it hatched on June 7. The ...
Andean condors are critically endangered in Ecuador, according to the National Aviary in Pittsburgh. So aviary officials are understandably excited about the birth of a chick there on June 7. The ...