The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota got in an 18 month old wild hatch California Condor over the weekend. It has a bone injury that is healing nicely and the bird should be sent back to Arizona very soon.
This is a first for TRC and a huge honor. KSTP and KARE 11 are both doing stories about the bird on tonight's news and the Pioneer Press will do a story on it in Wednesday or Thursday's paper. No one is allowed down in clinic to view the condor while it recovers, but a camera has been set up so you can watch the bird in the lobby of TRC. I happened to be at the right place at the right time and was able to get some photos while the media visited this morning. I have them in this blog entry: http://www.birdchick.com/2005/11/california-condor-at-raptor-center.html Sharon Stiteler Minneapolis, MN Bird/Wildlife Observation Specialist for www.eagleoptics.com www.birdchick.com
