Condor Chick: Getting Big!
A close-up screen capture from Condor Cam shows Antiki is feathering out nicely. Antiki, our California condor chick featured on this year’s San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s Condor Cam, is now over 100 days...
View ArticlePlover Hide and Seek
A snowy plover chick’s cryptic coloration provides excellent camouflage. Well it’s finally here, SUMMER! As a born-and-raised San Diegan, I know that one thing is for certain this time of year: the...
View ArticleTerns, Plovers, and People: Living in Harmony
This beach on Naval Base Coronado is one site where field biologists are studying California least tern and snowy plover populations. (U.S. Navy photo by S. McLaughlin, SDZG) As field biologists, we...
View ArticleOne Step Closer To Fledging
Antiki is spending her days on the ledge outside of the nest box, where her parents continue to feed and groom her. As many Condor Cam viewers have experienced, the rearing process for a California...
View ArticleFledged!
Although she occasionally ducks into the nest box area, Antiki now spends most of her time practicing her flying flying skills outside. We have switched the camera view of the San Diego Zoo Safari...
View ArticlePo Mahina, an Amazing Alala, Passes Away
The alala, also known as the Hawaiian crow, is a critically endangered. San Diego Zoo Global operates field sites in Hawaii where efforts are underway to bring the alala from the edge of extinction....
View ArticleCondor Breeding Season 2016
Taken in 1983, this picture shows California condor Sisquoc emerging from his egg—the very first of his kind hatched by San Diego Zoo Global. Today, he can be seen on Condor Cam, helping his mate...
View ArticleHand-rearing Hawaiian Honeycreepers
Hungry palila chicks greet the research assistant enthusiastically! Breeding season is the most anticipated time of the year at Keauhou Bird Conservation Center, one of two captive propagation centers...
View ArticleCondor Cam: The Egg Has Pipped!
Pip, pip, hooray! Sisquoc and Shatash’s egg is about to hatch. The big hatch day is quickly approaching, and our devoted California condor parents, Sisquoc and Shatash, have been patiently caring for...
View ArticleBad News, Good News, GREAT News!
“Out of difficulties grow miracles.” – Jean De La Bruyere After a challenging hatch, the Sisquoc and Shatash’s chick is here. If you have been watching the San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s Condor Cam, it is...
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