Last May biologists from the Yurok Tribe and Redwood National and State Parks released four captive-bred California condors into the wild. They were the first condors to soar above the towering coast redwood trees in Northern California in more than a century. The reintroduction effort had been years in the making.
A second cohort of four condors joined the small flock in autumn. A bird known as A6, whose Yurok name is Me-new-kwek', was the last to leave the release pen, Nov. 16. He immediately took flight.
