Maybe they could. It seems California condors have just proved it can be done. It's called parthenogenesis. https://ktla.com/news/california/vi...ondors-can-reproduce-without-sex-study-finds/ And the lady birds had no help from meddling scientists and their petri dishes.
While I was studying at University of California at Santa Cruz in the 1980s, there was a condor breeding program and I got to see these condors from three feet away. Their wings can span ten to twelve feet. Imagining a bird of that size is difficult, and not much easier to grasp when actually in the presence of one of these giant birds.
While I was studying at University of California at Santa Cruz in the 1980s, there was a condor breeding program and I got to see these condors from three feet away. Their wings can span ten to twelve feet. Imagining a bird of that size is difficult, and not much easier to grasp when actually in the presence of one of these giant birds.