Elise, the Gigglin’ Condor

The California Condor talk at 2:00 p.m. was a hit, if only because Elise got to get up in front of over 50 people and be outfitted (human-style) like a condor. This is the story from Elise’s perspective:




I was a weirdo-hysterical person at that moment. At first, the ranger put a showercap on my head to make me bald like a condor. Then she put a paper beak on my nose and a boa around my neck to show my feathers. The sunglasses were hysterical. They were made to represent that I had red eyes, even though they were kind of an orange. Then she put white socks on my feet. It was supposed to represent that I peed and pooped on myself to cool myself off and that was very, very weird! I was very, very, very giggly. I’m a gigglin’ condor.