This Bird Lives Because She Never Quit | Audubon Society
“Hamber doesn’t say it aloud, but AC4’s homecoming also bears witness to the long-ago dreams of that 10-year-old girl who defied the conventions of her time, spread her wings, and became a biologist. Her voice softens. “After all the effort, seeing that bird flying free and nesting in the same canyon where he was born...it’s a beautiful circle.”
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“The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History's own Janet Hamber has worked on behalf of the California condor since the 1970's. This clip is drawn from a 2011 interview filmed for The Condor's Shadow, a documentary on the California condor recovery Program.”
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California Condor Gymnogyps californianus subadult, at Pinnacles National Monument, California /7 May 2006.
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