Where are condors currently living in the wild and how well are those populations doing?
Estelle: There are populations near us in the Sespe Wilderness, in Big Sur, and a few birds at the Pinnacles National Monument, totaling more than 80 birds in California. There is a release site and 70 birds in Arizona at the Grand Canyon and this population now ranges into southern Utah. Then there are the 15 birds in Baja. We’ve been celebrating because the number of birds in the wild now totals more than the number in captivity. The total is over 320 birds. From 22 to 320 in 27 years. Wow.