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.

Can you guess this episode's Mystery Sound?

🎒 Scout Mission included! Great for family adventures. Complete your mission and tell us about it! Have a grown-up help you share your experience at nationalparkscouts.com. We might share your report on a future episode!

National Park Scouts, where curious kids discover America's wildest places.