Thought this was tweeters-worthy.

Karin Sable

SHELL SHOCK
A California condor reintroduced into the wild has
laid an egg, suggesting that the great birds may be
able to recover from the brink of extinction. The
condor, the largest bird of prey in North America,
numbered only 27 when wildlife officials began a
captive breeding program in 1987. Despite successes in
captive breeding, scientists had no evidence until
last weekend that the 49 condors reintroduced into the
wild in Arizona, California, and Utah had begun to
procreate. Spotted by telescope in the Grand
Canyon, egg No. 1 is cracked -- but biologists say
it is normal for first eggs to be cracked and that the
parents will likely learn how to lay and care for
their next egg.

straight to the source: San Francisco Chronicle,
Jane Kay, 28 Mar 2001
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/200
1/03/28/MN21582.DTL