#914 “ Pasquale”
Sex: Male
Hatch Location & Date: Big Sur, 3/28/2018
Release Date: Wild Reared
Breeding Status: Unpaired
Offspring: None
#914 was raised in a remote Redwood cavity by experienced parents. This nest was special - it was outfitted with a discrete camera, which broadcast live video of the chick to anyone who wanted to watch! This not only saved us considerable time and effort, but allowed countless viewers to observe and connect with the little condor chick as it grew and played.
Madeline, age 10, and her sister Anja, age 7, were researching condors and viewed this chick on the live streaming condor at home. They wrote to Wildlife Biologist Joe Burnett and suggested the name Pasquale because it means Easter in French [and Italian]. Condor #914 hatched on Easter of 2018. This name - and timing - couldn't be more fitting. On Easter Sunday, 1987, the last wild condor was captured and taken into captivity. After thousands of years soaring the skies, condors were absent from the wild, but not extinct. Now, 31 years later, condors have been reintroduced to the wild and are thriving - foraging, nesting, and reproducing on their own. This would not be possible without the hard work of captive breeding programs that pioneered techniques to breed and raise California Condors in captivity. Ventana Wildlife Society, along with our partners at Pinnacles National Park and the USFWS, has been releasing captive-raised condors into the wild since 1997, with great success.
Since leaving the nest in the fall of 2018, little Pasquale has been getting more confident and independent by the day. He is often still seen with his loving parents - sometimes even still begging for food from them - but has been spending more time with his fellow juvenile condors, exploring the central coast.
More photos coming soon!!
Madeline, age 10, and her sister Anja, age 7, were researching condors and viewed this chick on the live streaming condor at home. They wrote to Wildlife Biologist Joe Burnett and suggested the name Pasquale because it means Easter in French [and Italian]. Condor #914 hatched on Easter of 2018. This name - and timing - couldn't be more fitting. On Easter Sunday, 1987, the last wild condor was captured and taken into captivity. After thousands of years soaring the skies, condors were absent from the wild, but not extinct. Now, 31 years later, condors have been reintroduced to the wild and are thriving - foraging, nesting, and reproducing on their own. This would not be possible without the hard work of captive breeding programs that pioneered techniques to breed and raise California Condors in captivity. Ventana Wildlife Society, along with our partners at Pinnacles National Park and the USFWS, has been releasing captive-raised condors into the wild since 1997, with great success.
Since leaving the nest in the fall of 2018, little Pasquale has been getting more confident and independent by the day. He is often still seen with his loving parents - sometimes even still begging for food from them - but has been spending more time with his fellow juvenile condors, exploring the central coast.
More photos coming soon!!
