CALIFORNIA CONDOR by Amanda Lanser Content Consultant Janet A Hamber Condor Conservationist Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Core Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com BACK FROM NEAR EXTINCTION
SOARING THE SOUTHWEST AGAIN N umber 187 leaps from the Grand Canyon’s towering cliffs and into the sky Once in flight the male California condor soars thousands of feet above the canyon’s floor His 9-foot 3-m wingspan cuts a silhouette against the blue sky He might soar hundreds of miles looking for carrion to eat Riding the rising air currents 187 rarely has to flap his wings to stay aloft In 2014 there were 73 wild condors in northern Arizona and southern Utah Several of these lived in the Grand Canyon 5 CHAPTER ONE
