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| Two bald eagles have hatched in the wild on Santa Catalina Island for the first time since chemical contamination there wiped out the majestic birds decades ago.The eggs had been laid in a cliffside nest on the 76 square-mile island located off Los Angeles County.The chicks belong to an 8-year-old female and a 21-year-old male introduced under a program aimed at restoring the island's bald eagle population.The last time a bald eagle egg hatched in the wild there was in the 1940s."We may have more good news next week", another nest also contains eggs that are expected to hatch.via
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| An egg found in an abandoned eagle nest could herald the return of the California condor to Mexico, which hasn't had a breeding population of the iconic giant of the skies for about 75 years.The California condor, once on the brink of extinction, is the largest bird in North America with a wingspan of almost 10 feet."We are all sitting on pins and needles waiting to see where the situation is going," said Wallace, who works for the zoological society's center for Conservation and Research for Endangered Species.via cnn.com
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