Condor 599
Hatched April 8, 2011 in the wild in Southern CA
Making her debut on the big screen in 2013, condor 599 played a key role in the film, "The Condor's Shadow," illustrating that we are only limited by our imagination when it comes to the solutions required to overcome conservation challenges.
Taped into a larger egg and flown into a wild condor nest near the Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge, she was a captive-laid egg that was successfully able to become a wild-fledged chick to long-term pair 247 and 79 in their 2011 nest at South Potrero.
Hatching a bit sooner than anticipated on April 8th, Condor Keepers at the Los Angeles Zoo were put to the creative test and came up with a solution to ensure that 599 became a member of the wild Southern California flock.
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Free-flying since she joined the flock in 2011, she has now paired with her own mate, condor 542, and has established her own territory just east of her own natal ridgelines.
