20x16 acrylic on stretched canvas, en plein air, 2013. Framed.

Pinnacles National Park, California. In 1987, the last wild California condor was captured as part of an effort to save one of the most endangered species on Earth. The breeding program worked; a large population of wild condors exists at Pinnacles, which currently co-manages 86 of the birds with the Ventana Wildlife Society. The Pinnacles condors have commingled with the condors in Big Sur and have effectively become one central California flock.