California condors are the largest land birds in North America, with wings stretching nearly ten feet across. They can soar for hours without flapping, riding warm air like the world's largest, most serious kite.
By 1982, only twenty-two condors were left in the entire world. Every remaining wild bird was eventually captured to try to save the species, and for a few years there were no condors in the wild at all.
Then, slowly, carefully, people bred them and released them again. Today there are more than five hundred, with hundreds flying free.
When you've lost almost everything, it can feel like the story is over. It isn't. Recovery can be slow, and it still counts.
Being down to almost nothing isn't the end of your story.
Stay wild,
Chris