#787 "Sky"
Sex: Female
Hatch Location and Date: Big Sur, 3/22/14
Release Date: Wild Reared
Breeding Status: Unpaired
Offspring: None
Deceased: 12/2016, Drowning
When we observed two females (#171 and #317) nesting together we initially thought that there was a male involved, and this was a trio. However, upon examining the nest, we found two infertile eggs and no evidence of a male. Biologists placed a camera and a fertilized egg from the zoo in the nest, and because of the extremely remote location, the nest was not visited again until late August 2015. When retrieved the camera revealed photos of a healthy, rambunctious chick being cared for by two doting mothers. You can watch a time lapse video of the pair incubating and raising little 787 here.
We didn't see this chick again until we spotted her flying high overhead across a brilliant bluebird sky in October 2015, and hence her nickname: "Sky". She remained completely untagged until Spring 2016 when she was finally captured at Pinnacles. She was mistakenly tagged as another untagged juvenile condor, #800, and wore a white tag with a single "0" for a while . She was eventually captured again and given her correct tag, after causing much confusion among staff and volunteers who spotted her!
We didn't see this chick again until we spotted her flying high overhead across a brilliant bluebird sky in October 2015, and hence her nickname: "Sky". She remained completely untagged until Spring 2016 when she was finally captured at Pinnacles. She was mistakenly tagged as another untagged juvenile condor, #800, and wore a white tag with a single "0" for a while . She was eventually captured again and given her correct tag, after causing much confusion among staff and volunteers who spotted her!
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