Completed February 11, 2021, this California Condor chick is life-sized – for just under two weeks old. (In another few weeks, he’d be solid gray from beak to tail and stay that way for months as he grew rapidly through and past the size of a turkey. Much handsomer at this stage....)

This fine youngster already has a home, but you can write to the Salamander if you’d like to discuss the creation of someone similar for yourself.