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May 6, 2009 11:30 am US/Pacific

First Condor Baby In 70 Years Hatches At Pinnacles

PAICINES, Calif. (AP) ― Six years after they were released at Pinnacles National Monument, a pair of endangered California condors has hatched an egg and is caring for the youngster.

Biologist Joe Burnett of the nonprofit Ventana Wildlife Society says the couple is a 6-year-old male released at the Pinnacles in 2004 and a 6-year-old female who flew inland from the Big Sur flock.

Burnett and National Park Service biologist Scott Scherbinski had swapped the condors' natural egg for one laid by captive condors to ensure a viable offspring. The shells of eggs produced by free-flying condors often are weakened by pollutants.

The offspring hatched April 18 is the first in San Benito County in 70 years. The nest is on a private ranch southeast of the park.

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