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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
D-ANRO - Airbus A-330-941 - CONDOR (leased from GECAS)
at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)
c/n 2058 - built in 2023 - CONDOR "Beach"-c/s
Ave carroñera endémica de sudamérica, símbolo patrio de varios países (Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela y Chile).
Puede verse a lo largo de la cordillera de los Andes, desde los 1000 msnm hasta los 7000 msnm, es el ave voladora con mayor envergadura (disputa con el Albatroz), puede alcanzar hasta los 3,2 metros. También resulta ser una de las aves más longevas alcanzando los 50 años en visa silvestre.
La particularidad de estos ejemplares, es que su rostro cambia de tono (rojizo) según el estado de ánimo. La diferencia entre géneros es la pronunciada cresta en los machos que se incrementa con el paso de los años.
Endemic scavenger bird of South America, a patriotic symbol of several countries (Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and Chile).
Can verse along the cordillera of the Andes, from them 1000 masl until them 7000 masl, is the ave flying with greater wingspan (disputed with the Albatroz), can reach until them 3.2 meters. It is also one of the longest reaching age 50 in visa wild birds.
The particularity of these copies, is that your face changes of tone (reddish) according to the State's mood. The difference between genres is the pronunciation crest in the males that is increases with the step of them years.
33°21'58.2"S 70°18'23.2"W
D-ATCF - Airbus A-321-211 - CONDOR
(in white colours with Condor-titles)
at Duesseldorf International Airport (DUS)
c/n 5843 - built in 2013 for Germania - operated as D-ASTD and HB-JOI -
to Thomas Cook/Condor 07/2019
(Photo: G. Dickmann)
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.
Gymnogyps californianus,
Cambria, California
Mike Bush and I found this young condor among a group of Turkey Vultures. After it perched for 20 or so minutes on a utility line, it flew a very short distance to this perch. According to information on condorspotter.com, it was hatched in May, 2019 at San Diego Wild Animal Park and has been part of the Big Sur flock. That makes it 2 and 1/2 years old.
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)
See in large size.
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D-AIYA - Airbus A-330-243 - Condor (leased from Avolon Aerospace)
at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)
c/n 824 - built in 2007 for Etihad Airways -
leased to Condor since 02/2022
D-AIYB - Airbus A-330-243 - CONDOR (leased from Altavair AirFinance)
at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)
c/n 852 - built in 2007 for ETIHAD Airways -
retired and stored AUH 10/2019 -
leased to Condor 04/2022
San Diego Zoo.
Wikipedia:
The California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is a New World vulture, the largest North American land bird. This condor became extinct in the wild in 1987 (all remaining wild individuals were captured), but the species has been reintroduced to northern Arizona and southern Utah (including the Grand Canyon area and Zion National Park), the coastal mountains of central and southern California, and northern Baja California. Although other fossil members are known, it is the only surviving member of the genus Gymnogyps. The species is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN.
The plumage is black with patches of white on the underside of the wings; the head is largely bald, with skin color ranging from gray on young birds to yellow and bright orange on breeding adults. Its huge 3.0 m (9.8 ft) wingspan is the widest of any North American bird, and its weight of up to 12 kg (26 lb) nearly equals that of the trumpeter swan, the heaviest among native North American bird species. The condor is a scavenger and eats large amounts of carrion. It is one of the world's longest-living birds, with a lifespan of up to 60 years
Condor numbers dramatically declined in the 20th century due to poaching, lead poisoning, and habitat destruction. A conservation plan was put in place by the United States government that led to the capture of all the remaining wild condors which was completed in 1987, with a total population of 27 individuals. These surviving birds were bred at the San Diego Wild Animal Park and the Los Angeles Zoo. Numbers rose through captive breeding and, beginning in 1991, condors were reintroduced into the wild. The California condor is one of the world's rarest bird species: as of December 2016 there are 446 condors living wild or in captivity.
The condor is a significant bird to many Californian Native American groups and plays an important role in several of their traditional myths.
D-ANRI - Airbus A-330-941 - Condor (leased from Avolon Aerospace)
at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)
Green "Condor Island" c/s
c/n 2026 - built in 20231 (delivered 02/2023)
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.
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The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is a South American bird in the New World vulture family Cathartidae and is the only member of the genus Vultur. Found in the Andes mountains and adjacent Pacific coasts of western South America, the Andean condor is the largest flying bird in the world by combined measurement of weight and wingspan. It has a maximum wingspan of 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) (from Wikipedia)