Different Trails

SAN DIEGO SAFARI (Day 6 - part 3)

Condor Ridge displays North American desert wildlife, including California condors, desert bighorn sheep, bald eagles and hawks. Beginning in 1980, the park began a captive breeding program for the condors. The last 22 wild condors were taken into captivity in 1987. To breed the condors quickly, the park would remove the eggs from the nests to induce the females to lay a second egg. The first egg was hatched in an incubator and raised with a condor handpuppet to prevent human imprinting, while the second egg was raised by its parents. They began being reintroduced into the wild in 1992.

Thanks to the numbered tags, it was fairly easy to identify everybody.

Couldn't find Wewey though

Impressive wingspans!

Taking the bridge back out ... a glance back at the condor pen

A tethered balloon goes up 400 feet but is not included in the park entry cost.

The trail continued past some more bird enclosures.

Harris' Hawk can be found from southern Texas to northern Peru. They hunt together in small groups, catching small mammals such as rabbits and squirrels.

Like many raptor species, the female Bald Eagle is usually larger than the male. The female sits on the next to keep the eggs warm while the male hunts for food to feed her and the eaglets.