SPRINGDALE, Washington County In a thrilling first for wildlife biologists, two confirmed California condor nests with nestlings inside have been discovered in Utah during the same breeding season.
The Peregrine Fund, a conservation nonprofit that has aided the California Condor Recovery Program, reported Wednesday that biologists discovered two nests in and around Zion National Park with nestlings in them. It s a monumental step for a species once on the brink of extinction in the early 1980s before the start of the Condor Recovery Program. This is the first time we ve had two successful nests in the year and it s just a sign that the birds have recognized that Utah provides some excellent nesting habitat and good habitat in general, said Keith Day, a biologist with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. It s just encouraging for us to see the population begin to expand and hopefully increase and fill all the suitable and available habitat, which, of course, should increase
Two critically endangered California condors spotted near Zion National Park
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