Follow the inspiring journey of the California Condor, a critically endangered species, as it reclaims the skies above Pinnacles National Park.
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Pinnacles: Where Condors Reclaimed the Sky
This series, Wings of Recovery, traces the story of the California Condor — how it nearly vanished from the Earth and how Pinnacles National Park became central to…
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Twenty-Two Birds From Oblivion's Edge
By 1982, only twenty-two California Condors remained on Earth — the entire species reduced to a number you could count on your fingers and toes, plus two.
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Breeding Hope Behind Enclosure Walls
Every California condor alive today exists because of a decision that nearly tore the conservation world apart.
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How Condors Ride Invisible Elevators Skyward
California condors barely flap their wings. They don't need to.
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Prairie Falcons Own These Cliff Faces
Pinnacles supports one of the densest breeding populations of prairie falcons in all of California.
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Lead Bullets and Bottle Caps Kill Condors
The single greatest killer of free-flying California Condors today is lead poisoning.
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