PORTLAND, Ore. Four condors from the Oregon Zoo are now at Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho, to prepare them for release into the wild in Arizona.

The birds include Tatoosh, born in April 2005. Tatoosh was the second condor to be hatched in Oregon in more than a century.The others are Meriwether, also hatched in 2005, and Ursa and Wiley, both hatched in the spring of last year.

Tatoosh and Meriwether are slated for release this summer into the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in northern Arizona. The younger two will be released during the summer of 2008.

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