Condor #161 aka "Matriarch"
Condor #167 aka "Kingpin"
Condor #168 aka "Beak Boy"
Condor # 171, aka "Traveler"
Condor #190, aka "Slope Slug"
Condor #192 aka "Purist"
Condor #194, aka "Whalewatcher"
Condor #199, aka "The Great One"
Condor #204, aka "Amigo"
Condor #208 aka "Solo"
Condor #209 aka "Shadow"
Condor #219 aka "The Rock"
Condor #222 aka "Cosmo"
Condor #231 aka "Wild1"
Condor #236 aka "Tiny"
Condor #242 aka "Red"
Condor #251 aka "Crush"
Condor #286 aka "Pinns"
Condor #294 aka "Late Bloomer"
Condor #298 aka "Plain Jane"
Condor #303 aka "Lucia"
Condor #311 aka "Loner"
Condor #318 aka "Benito"
Condor #375 aka "Survivor"
Condor # 444, aka: "Ventana"
Condor #470 aka "Fuego"
Condor #477 aka "Phoenix"
Condor #499 aka "Gypsy"
Condor #501 aka "Spirit"
Condor #538 aka "Miracle"
Condor #567 aka "McWay"
Condor #574 aka "Nomad"
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Life History
Lead Poisoning
Hatchday: May 10th, 1998
Release Date: January 19, 1999
Hatch location Los Angeles Zoo
Sex: Female
Current Status: Partnered with Kingpin (#167)
Offspring: Foster reared #499 (fledged 2009)
Current location: Big Sur, CA
A clerical error for Redwood Queen, lead us to believe she was male for many years. Hugely puzzled by apparent female courtship behaviors, we contacted the LA Zoo and the error was finally corrected. Biologists who have worked on the condor project for many years still have a difficult time thinking of Slope Slug as female, after defining her as male for so many years. Now she is a foster mother and has started laying eggs, her female status is easier to remember!
When this bird was released, she was at the bottom of the dominance hierarchy. She was mercilessly harassed by the rest of the flock, and forced to wait until everyone else had fed to approach a carcass. Many years later, she paired with the most dominant male in Big Sur #167- “Kingpin.” Since that time, she has reveled in her increased status over the rest of the flock and new arrivals, proving "what goes around comes around".
