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Baby California condor spotted near Arizona-Utah line

It’s the first hatching of a bird in the wild during the current breeding season. The Peregrine Fund says the condor likely is 2 months old.

California condors are making a comeback in the wild three decades after they were on the brink of extinction.

The first birds raised in captivity were released at Vermilion Cliffs near the Arizona-Utah line in 1996.

Baby condors typically make their first flight after six months but might stay in the nesting area for up to a year.