New Cam: Watch A California Condor Chick Explore Its Nest

We’re excited to once again broadcast from a California Condor nest, thanks to our partners at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The last time we broadcast our condor cam was in 2022, so be sure to check out these huge birds and their incredible surroundings while the cam is live.

The chick, known as #1379, is 156 days old and weighs over 20 pounds. His/her parents are #328 (male) and #216 (female), two 20+ year-old condors that have made their nest on a cliff face in Orchard Draw on the Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge in Southern California. The young bird is expected to fledge by the end of October so be sure to watch now! Watch Cam.

You can watch the chick climb up and down a small promontory adjacent to the nest frequently throughout the day, often perching at the very edge. Parents come to visit and feed the chick irregularly at this point in the season.

Special thanks to the USFWS, Santa Barbara Zoo, and the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology for collaborating to make this live cam happen. A reminder that the cam is offline at night and may be offline in the mornings if batteries are low from cloudy days.