🦅 ☔ The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service captured the moment a California Condor chick first experienced rain. "California condor chick #1379 experienced rain for the first time!" USFWS wrote. "This video is double in time for maximum fps (flaps per second)." DYK that EDF was pivotal in the fight to protect bald eagles and other birds from the devastating effects of DDT, back in 1967? Read more about how EDF got started here: https://bit.ly/3ZAAYM3 #BaldEagle #Condor #CaliforniaCondor #Rain #Wildli

California condors have soared in the skies of North America for some 11,000 years. By 1982, the wild population had dwindled to just 22 birds, largely due to lead poisoning from bullets left in the carrion they consume. In collaboration with The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other conservation partners, the L.A. Zoo began an intensive breeding and reintroduction program, which has seen the California condor population climb to more than 550 individuals—with more than half of those birds li