Audubon California Executive Director, Dan Taylor, was interviewed by U-T San Diego about the importance of last year's Audubon California Bird of the Year, the California Condor.
Condors are something of a state symbol, memorialized on the California quarter. Wild ones — with wingspans of nearly 10 feet — are visible along the Central Coast and at the Grand Canyon. “People don’t understand the magnitude and the grandeur of these animals,” said Dan Taylor, executive director of Audubon California. “You not only see them, you hear them.”
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By Daniela Ogden
February 06, 2012
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