Condor Wingflap
Yesterday was #NaturePhotographyDay, so I thought I'd check on the local Bald Eagle nest since I hadn't been there in a while. I saw the two chicks, but only got a brief, faraway glance at one of the adults.
But there was an added bonus. One of my fellow eagle-watchers told me he had seen two California Condors–an endangered species–perched on a rock outcropping not too far away. So I took a break from eagle-watching in search of condors. I found them, and as you can see from the photos, they have numbered tags on their wings. Since condors are so rare, researchers like to be able to follow specific individuals, hence the numbers.
A friend send me some information she had found online about these two condors. No. 23 [1127] was hatched March 27, 2022, at the Oregon Zoo and released into the wild not far from where I saw her in late 2023. No. 37 [1137] was hatched at the L.A. Zoo on April 24, 2022, and also released in San Simeon.
They were pretty far away, so the photos are heavily cropped.
Condor Wingflap
Yesterday was #NaturePhotographyDay, so I thought I'd check on the local Bald Eagle nest since I hadn't been there in a while. I saw the two chicks, but only got a brief, faraway glance at one of the adults.
But there was an added bonus. One of my fellow eagle-watchers told me he had seen two California Condors–an endangered species–perched on a rock outcropping not too far away. So I took a break from eagle-watching in search of condors. I found them, and as you can see from the photos, they have numbered tags on their wings. Since condors are so rare, researchers like to be able to follow specific individuals, hence the numbers.
A friend send me some information she had found online about these two condors. No. 23 [1127] was hatched March 27, 2022, at the Oregon Zoo and released into the wild not far from where I saw her in late 2023. No. 37 [1137] was hatched at the L.A. Zoo on April 24, 2022, and also released in San Simeon.
They were pretty far away, so the photos are heavily cropped.