As the Condor Soars: Conserving and Restoring Oregon's Birds

In the early part of this century, few dared imagine that Oregon would ever welcome back the majestic California Condor. Nobody would have predicted record numbers of Snowy Plovers on Oregon's beaches. The state's raptors and fish-eating birds were almost decimated. Yet, thanks to the heroic work of Oregon's ornithologists, the birds are returning. As the Condor Soars presents a series of engaging essays about the efforts these scientists have made, and continue to make, to reduce the decli...