An extraordinary photo of a juvenile California Condor. 🖤 😘

In order not to disturb the bird, it was not taken close up, but with a telephoto lens and then heavily cropped.

The photographer is Tim Huntington.

#Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #CaliforniaCondor

Monday……… #CaliforniaCondor
Bluesky

Bluesky Social

"North America’s largest bird disappeared from the wild in the late 1980s. Reintroduction work in the United States and Mexico has brought this huge vulture back to the skies. This is the story of its comeback."

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2025/california-condor-reintroduction

#Birds #Condor #CaliforniaCondor #Environment #Nature #Biodiversity #California

Return of the California condor

North America’s largest bird disappeared from the wild in the late 1980s. Reintroduction work in the United States and Mexico has brought this huge vulture back to the skies. This is the story of its comeback.

Knowable Magazine | Annual Reviews

A nice article about the california #condor.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/return-of-the-california-condor/

except I'm petty sure the title graphic is a nice image of a #turkeyVulture. I'm going by feather coloring and head coloring.

Any bird people out there want to check this:-)

#photography #birds #californiaCondor #birding

Return of the California Condor

North America’s largest bird disappeared from the wild in the late 1980s.

Ars Technica
Return of the California condor

North America’s largest bird disappeared from the wild in the late 1980s. Reintroduction work in the United States and Mexico has brought this huge vulture back to the skies. This is the story of its comeback.

Knowable Magazine | Annual Reviews

Come for Zoe Grueskin's excellent story about Milagra, the orphaned California condor released last week. Stay for Karine Aigner's amazing photography.

Just a beautiful piece of work all around.

#birds #vultures #CaliforniaCondor

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/witness-inspiring-release-milagra-condor-rescued-egg-after-bird-flu-killed-her-mother

Witness the Inspiring Release of Milagra, the Condor Rescued as an Egg After Bird Flu Killed Her Mother

Hatched and raised in captivity, the young bird has defied the odds, returning more than a year later to a wild flock still reeling from disease and lead poisoning.

Audubon
Extremely rare California condor killed in Colorado. Wildlife officials offer reward for help finding poacher.

Someone shot and killed an extremely rare California condor near McPhee Reservoir in southwest Colorado in March

The Colorado Sun