With the uncertainty and sadness surrounding little Yurruga and our deepest condolences to Cilla Kinross and the team at Orange, it is heart warming to know that miracles do happen in Bird World.
On 4 December at 09:30 PT, you can witness one of those. Condor 1031, Iniko, will be released into the wild!
As the Dolan fire decimated the beautiful Redwood Forest where Iniko’s nest tree was, everyone believed that the wee babe of Redwood Queen and Kingpin had perished. The streaming cam did not survive the fire and there was no way to find out until it was safe enough to enter the forest. I think that you can well imagine the astonishment on the faces of those that first saw the little condor alive on the small remote camera inserted into the tree.
Here is that video from the Ventana Wildlife Society.
This video shows that rescue!
Here is a link to Iniko’s bio and all of the videos since this amazing California Condor hatched!
https://www.ventanaws.org/condor1031.html
On Saturday, you can watch live when Iniko is released back into the wild of its Big Sur Condor Community. You need to sign up and the Ventana Wildlife Society will send you the link for the Zoom event. It is free! And, yes, we could all use some good news today.
If you want to watch the event life, go to this link and sign up:
https://www.ventanaws.org/zoom-chats.html
Today is also ‘Giving Tuesday’. No doubt you have had lots of e-mails from everyone who depends on donations to survive including those wonderful wildlife rehabbers who give our birds a second chance at life. Many have patrons that will match the total received. It is a good time to double the impact of your gift, if you are able.
Thank you for joining me. If you cannot make the release of Condor 1030 Iniko, the Ventana Wildlife Society will definitely be posting this event. It represents that miracle. I would like to think that maybe there might be a miracle for little Yurruga today.
Thanks Mary Ann! I pray for that miracle too! I remember Iniko too and I’m so happy for him!
Prays for all who need it 🙏
I’ll be looking forward to all new newsletters Mary Ann!
Take care! Stay safe!
Linda
It has been a real roller-coaster of emotions today. We wait and hope for Yurruga. Chatters said they heard calls but we used very sensitive head phones and could not hear anything and neither could Cilla. She searched and perhaps someone else but our own hawk can sit for hours without moving and we don’t see him! At some point, someone will see Diamond coming and going. Indeed, I would put up Nanny cams or trail cams to try and catch these interactions if they are happening. We wait and hope and pray.