elf1 > This one, still a youngster, was hanging out on a rock right below Lookout Studio, watching us lean over the stone wall to watch him
elf1 > I took billions of condor photos, but had to delete most of them, they were so blurry. Just pulled out the best of a bad lot. Sigh again.
elf1 > Here's one of the condor gang--number 53, apparently--waiting for the sun to come out.
elf1 > And, suddenly, there were California condors in the air! I was delighted; knew there were around but hadn't expected to see one, as they range up to 150 miles a day.
elf1 > None of my photos turned out well. Even with my telephoto lens, they were too far away; it was a dark and overcast day; and I didn't have a tripod to help steady my shots. I was trying to pan, but even that didn't help much. Sigh.
elf1 > Virtually all condors are tagged permanently with numbers on their wings, which can be seen from above and below.
elf1 > The color of the head varies from golden to red or patchy, apparently depending on the bird's mood.
elf1 > This one, still a youngster, was hanging out on a rock right below Lookout Studio, watching us lean over the stone wall to watch him.
elf1 > There are only around 330 condors left in the entire world, from a low of 22 back in the late '80s. And here they were, several of them, hanging out on the cliffs and soaring from outcropping to outcropping.
This one, still a youngster, was hanging out on a rock right below Lookout Studio, watching us lean over the stone wall to watch him
elf1 > This one, still a youngster, was hanging out on a rock right below Lookout Studio, watching us lean over the stone wall to watch him
This one, still a youngster, was hanging out on a rock right below Lookout Studio, watching us lean over the stone wall to watch him
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