Yurok Nation to Release Condors into Redwood Forests

Wonderful. Prayers that these magnificent flyers are released into the Redwood Forests of the Yurok Nation soon.
We were blessed to see many of the surviving Condors in 2006 when our son Raoul, daughter Liesette and I drove with Janeen Antoine down the Pacific Coast Highway to LA. Janeen spotted them as we were at the top of Big Sur and several were soaring from the high cliffs down to the waters below north of Monterrey Beach. We pulled over to watch them. It was so cool because we could see the underneath of them really close as they swooped down, and, then see the tops of their feathered bodies as they got lower. They were huge with amazing wing spans. I can't remember exactly how many we counted, but there were lots, maybe more than a dozen. 
They were all clearly tagged, and I learned later were part of one of the release programs in So Cal. 
Good thing we took lots of photos. When I shared them, an old friend who grew up in Hollywood told me they couldn't be Condors since there weren't any in California and they were almost extinct. 
Well, both Janeen, and I have seen plenty of Eagles from up close and far away, and these were definitely a lot bigger and were Condors. Feel so blessed by this experience we shared, and deeply grateful, since I know how rare and precious it is. 
That rarity is heartbreaking. The Yurok story of having to get permission from the U.S. Government to release Condors back into their nation after they decide if the environment can support them is painful when it is the actions of the U.S. and their refusal to keep poisons out of the environment that has caused the near extinction of these magnificent birds. Prayers that the return of the big birds will signal a paradigm shift back to protecting and respecting the earth, air and water that we all share.
It is the time of the Eagle and the Condor. We are blessed. 
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Yurok Tribe to Release Condors