A California condor soaring over Sespe Wilderness.
1890—California condor population estimated at 600.
1982—Only 22 California condors alive in the world.
1985—A single breeding pair survive for the entire species.
1987—The last wild condor is captured from Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge in Ventura County.
1992-2011—Following restoration efforts and captive breeding 92 condors are released into the wild.
2013—There are now about 404 California condors in the world with 235 flying free in the wild, 69 of them in southern California. (Friends of Condors)
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Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure 
Nice piece! Great story. Heading home from Africa, if I can get out of here, the airport burned down in Nairobi, survived a kidnapping and lots of other East African drama, bring your body armor if your traveling the road less traveled in EA
Yikes. When my wife was in Kenya for a month the embassy was bombed.
Coincidentally, I just today brought this comic strip out of retirement and put it online: http://herbwalks.com/condor-comix/condor-comix-1/. It’s the first of about 10 that Eric Gottesman and I did back in 1988 for the Ojai Valley Voice.