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Condor Spotted In San Diego
KNSD-TV
9:48 a.m. PDT April 6, 2007
SAN DIEGO - Officials with the San Diego Zoo said on Thursday that a condor flew into the county this week for the first time in nearly a century.
Zoo officials said California condor No. 321 flew along Sierra Juarez mountain ridge Tuesday after leaving a release site in the Sierra San Pedro de Martir National Park in Baja California.
The female bird crossed the international border into the United States along the Jacumba Mountains on Wednesday. Her last known location, which was tracked via GPS, was in the Anza Borrego area.
The last time documented condor sighting in the county was in 1910.
"The aim of the California Condor Recovery Program is to unite the southern region of the condor's range in Mexico with the birds in California," said Mike Wallace of the San Diego Zoo. "This first flight into San Diego County could be the beginning of the connection between these two populations."
A birdwatcher is able to easily tell the difference between a California condor and other large birds. The condor has a 9-foot wingspan and has a white triangle across the middle of its wings.
The condor was hatched at the Wild Animal Park. The bird was released into the wild in 2005.