4:04 PM,
Oct 2, 2018
6:19 PM,
Oct 2, 2018
ESCONDIDO,
Calif. (KGTV) - A hillside devastated by 2007’s Witch Creek fire has become a
habitat for a rare local bird species with the help of the San Diego Zoo Safari
Park.
“There
was basically no vegetation. It was just gray moonscape and skeletons of
melty-looking cactus,” said conservation specialist Christa Horn of the
Escondido landscape.
The fire
left no place for the coastal cactus wren to live. There are believed to be
only a few dozen birds left in the area.
Three
years after the Witch Creek fire, Safari Park staff members planted new cactus
to bring the birds back. It was a careful process for everyone involved,
including volunteers and children.
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