Blogger Profile: Ron Webb
Ron is a senior condor keeper in the San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s Bird Department. He has worked at the Safari Park since 1996 and started at the California Condor Breeding Facility in 1998. Ron has helped raise over 100 condors, the majority of which have been released to the wild. He graduated from the University of California, San Diego, in 1992, with a bachelor of science in general biology.
Condor Egg is Hatching!
The big hatch day is quickly approaching, and our devoted California condor parents, Sisquoc and Shatash, have been patiently caring for and incubating their egg here at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Well, actually, they’ve been caring for a wooden egg that we refer to as a “dummy” egg. read more
Condor Egg is Fertile!
We have good news to report: Sisquoc and Shatash’s egg is FERTILE! California condor Shatash laid the egg on January 27, and we are expecting it to begin the hatching process around March 23. So, it is over one third of the way through its 56-day incubation period. read more
New Egg for Condors Sisquoc and Shatash
Over the next seven months, you will be able to witness incubation behavior, the hatch of a chick, its growth, and its eventual fledge (leaving of the nest). read more
Saticoy’s Siblings
Although Saticoy was the first California condor chick to be raised in public view, via our Condor Cam, he’s not the first condor to be raised at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. We have hatched 177 chicks here since 1985. read more
Condor Saticoy Update
Saticoy has integrated well into this group. He is very social, perching or roosting with just about anybody. Sometimes we see coalitions form among young birds, resulting in these birds only socializing with a few members of the cohort. read more
