HOLLISTER
Local authorities report that a three-month old male California Condor, the first hatched in San Benito County in more than 70 years, is doing “well,” according to a press release from the Pinnacles Partnership.
The nestling was checked-up on by biologists from Pinnacles National Monument and the Ventana Wildlife Society on the RS-Bar Guest Ranch, a private, 18,200-acre ranch near the monument. To get to the nest, National Park Service biologists Scott Scherbinski and Alicia Welch were assisted in a 30-foot cliff-top descent by Ventana Wildlife Society biologist Joe Burnett.
The release said the bird appeared “normal and in good health,” and feathers are developing. The bird weighs more than 11 pounds.
“Thus far, the nesting appears to be maturing at a normal rate,” said Daniel George, condor program manager at Pinnacles, in the release.
Read the full story in this Friday’s edition of The Weekend Pinnacle.
