California Condor Lays 2nd Egg of Year at Zoo
A California condor early today laid the second egg of the year for a breeding program trying to bring the giant vultures back from the brink of extinction, Los Angeles Zoo officials said.
The egg was spotted at 7:50 a.m. by keepers watching a nesting box by closed-circuit television. The egg was removed within 10 minutes and placed in an incubator, where its fertility will be determined in five to seven days. Hatching is due in late March. The first egg of the season was produced Jan. 19 and remains in an incubator.
Only 40 California condors are known to exist--19 at the Los Angeles Zoo and 21 at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.
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