Santa Barbara Zoo - Condors Condor Country

Meet the Santa Barbara Zoo Condors

  1. You are a male condor who hatched on April 12, 2007, at the Center for Birds of Prey ( Boise), where you were raised by your parents. You arrived in Santa Barbara in March 2009 to take up residence in the new Condor Country exhibit. You are, as are all the Santa Barbara Zoo’s birds, the direct descendent of the small group of the last wild flying condors in California. After your great-great-grandparent, #10 (known as AC3), died of lead poisoning, the decision was made to bring in all the remaining wild condors from the wild in January 1986. Your grandparents were all hatched in captivity and hand-raised, with the exception of #5 (known as AC6). Number 5 has been incredibly productive and sired (fathered) more than 20 eggs; he still lives at the Los Angeles Zoo. Your parents were both hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, where they were hand-raised. They have lived at the Center for Birds of Prey ( Boise) since 1997 and have produced an amazing ten eggs. Some chicks have been hand-raised, others were raised by condor foster parents, and they have raised two, including you.
  2. You are a female condor who hatched on April 12, 2007, at the Center for Birds of Prey ( Boise), where you were raised by condor foster parents. You arrived in Santa Barbara in March 2009 to take up residence in the new Condor Country exhibit. You are, as are all the Santa Barbara Zoo’s birds, the direct descendent of the small group of the last wild flying condors in California. After your great-great-grandparent, #10 (known as AC3), died of lead poisoning, the decision was made to bring in all the remaining wild condors from the wild in January 1986. Your grandparents were all born in captivity and hand-raised, except for #2. Number two was a wild male condor who was never captured, but many of his eggs with his wild mate #11 (known as Tama) were taken by researchers to be hatched and raised by hand. Your dam (mother) was born at the Los Angeles Zoo; your sire (father) was born at the San Diego Wild Animal Park. In September 1993, they were in the first group of condors to be transferred to the breeding facility at the Center for Birds of Prey ( Boise), where they have produced an amazing 12 eggs. Some chicks have been hand-raised, others raised by your parents, and a few have been raised by condor foster parents, including you.
  3. You are a male condor who hatched on April 22, 2007, at the Center for Birds of Prey ( Boise), where you were raised by your parents. You arrived in Santa Barbara in March 2009 to take up residence in the new Condor Country exhibit. You are, as are all the Santa Barbara Zoo’s birds, the direct descendent of the small group of the last wild flying condors in California. After your great-great-grandparent, #10 (known as AC3), died of lead poisoning, the decision was made to bring in all the remaining wild condors from the wild in January 1986. Two of your grandparents were born in captivity and hand-raised; one was a wild bird who had been captured for the Recovery Program; and another was captured as a chick in a wild nest to become the first member of the captive breeding program. Your parents were both born at the San Diego Wild Animal Park and hand-raised. They have both lived at the breeding facility at the Center for Birds of Prey ( Boise) since 1997, where they have produced seven eggs. Some chicks have been hand-raised, others were raised by condor foster parents and they have raised two, including you.
  4. You are a female condor who hatched on April 24, 2007, at the Center for Birds of Prey ( Boise), where you were raised by your parents. You arrived in Santa Barbara in March 2009 to take up residence in the new Condor Country exhibit. You, as are all the Santa Barbara Zoo’s birds, are the direct descendent of the small group of the last wild flying condors in California. Your great-great-great-grandparents, #2 and #11 (known as Tama) produced the last egg hatched in the wild – your great-great-grandparent, #21 (known as AC8). All your other great-grandparents and two of your grandparents were also born in the wild, but either died in the wild or were brought into captivity as part of the Recovery Program. Your parents were both born at the San Diego Wild Animal Park and hand-raised. They have both lived at the breeding facility at the Center for Birds of Prey ( Boise) since September 1997, where they have produced five eggs. Two chicks were raised by condor foster parents and three were raised by them, including you.