I lived in Ventura County when the first California condors were released back into the wild. I've seen them in captivity as well as in the wild. They are a truly magnificent bird. Huge, with a 9-10 foot wingspan... when you first see one in flight... wow.
The work they've done to save the species is something else...
"I am allergic to piety, it makes me break out in rash judgements." - Penn Jillette
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"The man who invented the telescope found out more about heaven than the closed eyes of prayer ever discovered." - Robert G. Ingersoll