CONSERVATION UPDATE L E A D I N G T H E F I G H T AG A I N S T E X T I N C T I O N
LOOKING FOR CONDORS AND FINDING INSPIRATION Christopher Tubbs, Ph.D.
Scientist, Reproductive Physiology
There’s a rule in my family on road trips: my wife drives, I ride shotgun. Given her propensity for car sickness and my tendency to focus more on sightseeing than paying attention to the road, this arrangement works well for us. And so it was two Octobers ago, when I found myself in the
Photo courtesy of Tim Huntington/tim@webnectar.com
passenger seat on our first trip up
SUMMER 2014
the West Coast to explore Big Sur and the Monterey Peninsula. I had two jobs on that trip. First, I was to successfully navigate to Carmel and back. My second task was a taller order: to find a free-flying, wild California condor.
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