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Ciudad Granja, Jalisco, Mexico
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a face only a mother could love
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Tierra del Fuego Antartida e Islas Del Atlantico Sur, Argentina
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Cayo Coco, Cuba
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California, United States
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Cayo Coco, Cuba
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Michoacan de Ocampo, Mexico
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Turkey Vulture. Near the Mouth of the Salinas River, in Central California. By Blake Matheson
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Pahaquarry, New Jersey, United States
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North Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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vulture near Cedar Key, FL
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Ciudad Granja, Jalisco, Mexico
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North Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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This one was at the top of a hill above the tree tops way on the other side of the road and was quite a ways up in the air. I used shutter priority and held down the AE and locked in the bird and hoped for the best. I normally do not use SP, but this seemed like a good time to give it a try. I was a little concerned the 51 focus points would lock on to the trees, but was pretty excited to just keep firing away and hope for the best.
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A California condor protects its chick in a nest cave near Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge (Joseph Brandt, USFWS).
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as seen from the Crazy Jug Point Kaibab National Forest North Ranger District, at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona
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These are a highly endangered species, and this one is part of the Vermilion cliffs re-introduction population. Unfortunately these birds will not likely be able to survive free and wild without the heavy hand of man to assist them any time in the near future, for they get lead poisoning from eating bullets in dead animals, and they have to be trapped and detoxed at least once a year or they die. Many die anyway,athough they have started breeding here in the past few years.UPDATE: as of 7-13-11, this bird is still alive. See
www.nps.gov/grca/naturescience/upload/condor-chart2011071...
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Bumble Bee, Arizona, United States
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California condor #412 soars above the Los Padres National Forest (USFWS).
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A pair of California condors perch outside of their nest cave on the side of a cliff near Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge in California in 2009. (Michael Woodbridge/USFWS).
