#583 "Blue Curls"
Sex: Female
Hatch Location and Date: World Center for Birds of Prey, 5/17/2012
Release Date: 1/12/2012
Parents: #99 and #88
Breeding Status: Unpaired
Offspring: None
Deceased: 6/2017, Missing declared dead
Blue Curls was named after a unique wildflower found in Big Sur: Trichostema lanatum, or "woolly blue curls." This was a flower beloved by our late crew leader, Mike Tyner. Blue Curls was indeed a bit of a "late bloomer." She was the last bird of her captive-bred cohort to be released and it took her awhile to follow her fellow juvenile condors out of the flight pen to start soaring the Big Sur skies. But when she took her first step outside of the flight pen, little Blue Curls hop-flapped and skipped with her wings outstretched and headed up the slope to freedom! After she felt confident enough, she rose in jubilant circles and it was apparent that she had flowered into an independent and excited young condor!
She had an aloof and solitary nature, sometimes eluding the watchful eyes of our staff when in transit between the Big Sur coastline and Pinnacles. Still, she was comfortable feeding and socialized well with other condors, an important behavior for life in the wild. We saw qualities of a winner in Blue Curls and were sad to see her disappear.
She had an aloof and solitary nature, sometimes eluding the watchful eyes of our staff when in transit between the Big Sur coastline and Pinnacles. Still, she was comfortable feeding and socialized well with other condors, an important behavior for life in the wild. We saw qualities of a winner in Blue Curls and were sad to see her disappear.
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