Pinnacles National Park: California Condors Back from the Edge

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Pinnacles National Park: California Condors Back from the Edge
Apr 16, 2026 Episode 4
Jenni

This is part 4 of our Pinnacles National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Pinnacles National Park for kids:
Part 1: A Volcano Broke Apart and Walked Away
Part 2: Thousands of Bats Under the Rocks
Part 3: Bee Capital of the World

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What would you do if there were only twenty-two left in the entire world?

The California condor is the largest flying land bird in North America. It has a super important job in nature that keeps the landscape healthy. Once this enormous bird owned the skies from British Columbia to Baja California, and then it almost disappeared forever. In this episode, we find out how the condor population crashed, why scientists made the risky decision to capture every last wild condor, and why Pinnacles National Park is their perfect home.

🎒 Scout Mission included! Great for family time outdoors, hikes, roadtrips and of course, visits to Pinnacles National Park. 

Complete your mission and tell us about it. Have a grown-up help you share your findings at nationalparkscouts.com. We might share your report on a future episode!

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