I’ve been watching Pasquale on the exterior live cam focused on the outside of the condor nest in Big Sur. On Monday afternoon, I couldn’t take my eyes off the view as I was convinced the chick would either fall and be startled into flying or intentionally take flight. The sun shone directly on the tree cavity that holds the nest. Sixty feet above the forest floor, Pasquale was climbing up one side of the cavity edge, leaping to a center bark section, dropping down into the nest, then springing back to perch on the outer rim. But after 20 minutes of clambering around, Pasquale settled on the edge and preened. The condor chick hatched in this redwood tree hollow on March 28, 2018 and is just over 5 months 3 weeks old on September 21st. Since condors generally fledge around 6 months old, Pasquale clearly was readying for a first flight. A camera inside the nest has allowed us to watch the chick grow, and a new video camera aimed at outside the nest cavity went live on September 17th, just in time for the big event.
pasquale fledges!
On September 19th at 4:22pm Pacific time, Pasquale flew out of the nest for the first time!
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six days earlier
The other big news in california is similar to fledging — a big leaf maple phoenix burst into life
The Carr Fire began on July 23rd and was finally contained at 229,651 acres on August 30th. It was the seventh largest wildlife in modern California history. Since the fire swept through here, it’s been dry except for one brief rainfall last week that I’m not sure covered this area (might have only rained further north on the Delta Fire).
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Fledging and resprouting are wondrous natural events programmed by biology.
what’s happening near you as the season changes?