California condor and chick (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

California condor and chick

Caption

Condor 79, a 23-year-old female with a days-old chick in a cliff nest in Ventura County, California, near the Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge. This adult California condor died in 2023 at age 31 of lead poisoning, underscoring the continued threat of lead to condor recovery.

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Photo by Joseph Brandt, USFWS

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