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A family of 15 White Pelicans at the Riparian Preserve, Gilbert, AZ
The American white pelican rivals the trumpeter swan, with a similar overall length, as the longest bird native to North America. Both very large and plump, it has an overall length of about 50–70 in (130–180 cm), courtesy of the huge beak which measures 11.3–15.2 in (290–390 mm) in males and 10.3–14.2 in (260–360 mm) in females. It has a wingspan of about 95–120 in (240–300 cm). The species also has the second largest average wingspan of any North American bird, after the California condor. This large wingspan allows the bird to easily use soaring flight for migration. Body weight can range between 7.7 and 30 lb (3.5 and 13.6 kg), although typically these birds average between 11 and 20 lb (5.0 and 9.1 kg). One mean body mass of 15.4 lb (7.0 kg) was reported. Another study found mean weights to be somewhat lower than expected, with eleven males averaging 13.97 lb (6.34 kg) and six females averaging 10.95 lb (4.97 kg). Among standard measurements, the wing chord measures 20–26.7 in (51–68 cm) and the tarsus measures 3.9–5.4 in (9.9–13.7 cm) long. The plumage is almost entirely bright white, except the black primary and secondary remiges, which are hardly visible except in flight. From early spring until after breeding has finished in mid-late summer, the breast feathers have a yellowish hue. After moulting into the eclipse plumage, the upper head often has a grey hue, as blackish feathers grow between the small wispy white crest.
The bill is huge and flat on the top, with a large throat sac below, and, in the breeding season, is vivid orange in color as is the iris, the bare skin around the eye, and the feet. In the breeding season, there is a laterally flattened "horn" on the upper bill, located about one-third the bill's length behind the tip. This is the only one of the eight species of pelican to have a bill "horn". The horn is shed after the birds have mated and laid their eggs. Outside the breeding season the bare parts become duller in color, with the naked facial skin yellow and the bill, pouch, and feet an orangy-flesh color.
Apart from the difference in size, males and females look exactly alike. Immature birds have light grey plumage with darker brownish nape and remiges. Their bare parts are dull grey. Chicks are naked at first, then grow white down feathers all over, before moulting to the immature plumage.
9H-SMD - Airbus A-330-343 - CONDOR (leased from SmartLynx Airlines Malta - CDB Aviation)
at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)
c/n 1382 - built in 2013 for Singapore Airlines -
operated by SmartLynx since 06-2021 -
leased to CONDOR 07/2022 - operated by SmartLynx
D-ABWC - Boeing B-737-330 - Condor
at Duesseldorf International Airport (DUS)
c/n 23.835 - built in 1987 for Condor -
transferred to Lufthansa 03/1993 and converted to QC-conf. -
converted to freighter in 2003 and operated by Yangtze River Express
scanned from Kodachrome-slide
We were thrilled to have several sightings of the Andean Condor, but most were of them circling high in the sky. These were atop a hill at quite a distance from us. This is the best shot I could get.
With a maximum wingspan of 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) and weight of 15 kg (33 lb), the Andean condor is one of the largest flying birds in the world, and is generally considered to be the largest bird of prey in the world. They are considered to be in a vulnerable status.
The female is in front, the male is partially seen behind her.
my album 2024 Patagonia--- Argentina and Chile www.flickr.com/photos/25171569@N02/albums/72177720315202727/
iNaturalist link www.inaturalist.org/observations/206262118
Jenny Pansing photos
D-AIAD - Airbus A-321-211/SL - Condor ( leased from Aviation Capital Group)
in the latest "Condor Sunshine-c/s
at Duesseldorf Rhein-Ruhr Airport (DUS)
c/n 6053 - built in 2014
D-ABFT - Boeing B-737-230A - Condor
at Duesseldorf International Airport (DUS)
c/n 22.402 - built in 1981 for Condor -
transferred to Lufthansa 03/1988 - 11/1988 -
currently in service with Aerovias DAP
scanned from Kodachrome-slide
Rounding a Grand Canyon Highway curve on the Kaibab Plateau, two California Condors were perched on some fire affected Ponderosa Pine branches. Condor A2, all black, was beside this unidentified fella on an adjacent branch out of frame. I was pleasantly surprised to see the pair, but not sure if this area regularly falls within their range because of the ecological effects from a previous wildfire burn. Navajo Bridge, that's a fairly active site for Condors, was dry so this find was super special.
Photo from the Wilhelm Hell collection, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
May 1982
D-ABKK (1)
Boeing 727-230/Adv
21113 / 1176
Condor
Note:
D-ABKK (2) was Boeing 737-430 c/n 27005 / 2359 flying with Lufthansa between September 1992 and July 1997.
D-ABKK (3) was Boeing 737-86J c/n 37753 / 3261 flying with Air Berlin between May 2010 and June 2016.
D-ABKK is parked in front of the Lufthansa maintenance hangar.
Information from flickr - thanks to Paul:
Delivered to Condor as D-ABKK in 1975. To Exatco as N853SY in 1989 then to Noble Air as TC-AFD in 1990. To TUR Avrupa Hava Yollari as TC-TCA in 1992 then to Safair as ZS-NOU in 1994. Leased to Inter Air in 1995 then to Comair and operated in British Airways colours in 1996. Withdrawn from use at Johannesburg in 2003 and scrapped.
Registration details for this airframe:
rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=45930
This airframe as TC-AFD with Noble Air at DUS in April 1990 (bare metal):
www.flickr.com/photos/190105067@N03/50397368336
TC-AFD with Noble Air at HAJ in May 1990:
www.flickr.com/photos/pslg05896/35413923121
This airframe as TU-TCA with TUR at DUS in August 1992:
www.flickr.com/photos/55101137@N02/6988779090
This airframe as ZS-NOU with Inter Air at JNB ca. 1995:
www.flickr.com/photos/120290459@N03/13195744765
ZS-NOU with Phoenix Airways at JNB in 1995:
www.flickr.com/photos/satransport/8485773810
ZS-NOU with Comair/British Airways at JNB in June 1998:
www.airhistory.net/photo/299416/ZS-NOU
ZS-NOU with Comair/British Airways at JNB in June 2000 ("Blomsterang" worldtail c/s):
www.flickr.com/photos/157839500@N04/49165371606
ZS-NOU derelict at JNB in October 2003:
abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1016964
Scan from Kodachrome slide (on Kodak Photo CD).
A California Condor stretches his wings as the first rays of light begin to grace the Grand Canyon. They are large birds with a 9.5ft wingspan! With over 200 condors now in the wild, the recovery program has been quite successful. You can look up information about each bird by the number on their wing tag. For example, this male was bred in Portland and released in 2010. Just to the left of him was condor #28, a female (not pictured). I presume they are a mating pair.
Cóndor - Vultur gryphus
hembra, un gran grupo alimentándose de corderos muertos en la pampa,
Noviembre 2015
D-ABUE -Boeing B-767-330ER/W - CONDOR
(leased from Novus Aviation)
at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport(YYZ)
c/n 26.984 - bult in 1993
This giant winged creature has a wingspan of up to 3.5 m. Condors can glide for hours without once flapping their wings. They can easily live over 85 years.
D-AICK - Airbus A-320-212 - Condor (operated by Condor Berlin)
at Duesseldorf International Airport (DUS)
(Photo: G. Dickmann)
This is what you get when you take the road less traveled!
I've got to credit Niccy with this shot, if not for her I wouldn't have got it.
For some reason she decided she wanted to stray off the paved path and have a look over the edge. Me being the dutiful husband decided to follow along so that I'd be able to identify the spot where she tumbled over the edge. Boy was I surprised....
Looking over the edge she said "look over there...". Sitting there were a couple of California Condors, just hanging out and enjoying the view. I fired off a couple of shots, this was the best of that series. There were a couple more that were sunning themselves on a rock outcrop and I got a shot of them too.
n 1982 there were only 22 California Condors left in the world. In 1992, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), with its public and private partners, began reintroducing captive-bred condors to the wild. In 2001 the first wild nesting occurred in Grand Canyon National Park since re-introduction. In 2002 there were only 8 pairs of wild nesting birds population-wide. In 2008, for the first time since the program began, more California condors were flying free in the wild than in captivity. Today there are nearly 500 – more than half of them flying free in Arizona, Utah, California, and Baja Mexico.
D-ABOL - Boeing B-757-330/W - Condor -
(in their latest "Island" c/s)
at Duesseldorf International Airport (DUS)
c/n 29.021 - built in 2000
The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is a South American New World vulture and is the only member of the genus Vultur. It is found in the Andes mountains and adjacent Pacific coasts of western South America. With a maximum wingspan of 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) and weight of 15 kg (33 lb), the Andean condor is one of the largest flying birds in the world, and is generally considered to be the largest bird of prey in the world. It is a national symbol of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru and plays an important role in the folklore and mythology of the Andean regions. It may live to 50 years or more, and correspondingly has low reproductive rates. Andean Condors mate for life.
The Andean condor is considered vulnerable by the IUCN and the Peruvian Conservation Organization. As a result of research on its plight, its status was changed to Vulnerable from Near Threatened in 2020, and only about 10,000 individuals remain. Hacienda Zuleta is home to one of the reintroduction Condor preserves where offspring of captured birds are reintroduced to the wild. Zuleta is home to one breeding pair, and wild condors will often pop by.