[mou] California Condor at Raptor Center

[Sharon Stiteler]

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