Juvenile California Condor by Bryan Murahashi

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21-APR-2007

Juvenile California Condor

A shot from yesterdays visit to the Pinnacles National Monument.

A rare sighting of this largest land bird in North America.

There was to a release of a Juvenile California Condor on this day.
Hard to say if this was that bird which was released.

Not the prettiest bird to view;-)

Nikon D200 ,Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6g IF-ED AF-S DX VR
1/800s f/5.6 at 200.0mm iso400 hide exif

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	21-Apr-2007 16:38:43
Make	Nikon
Model	NIKON D200
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	200 mm
Exposure Time	1/800 sec
Aperture	f/5.6
ISO Equivalent	400
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Mode	multi spot (3)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program	aperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

other sizes: small medium original auto

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Dave Wyman		23-May-2007 16:06
I think the tag mentioned below might be a transmitter.

Bryan Ramsay		01-May-2007 01:11
Awesome capture, must have been really exciting to see one of these rare birds in the wild!! -BJ V

Joe Petolino		29-Apr-2007 04:44
Great shot! You must have been very close to get that with a 200mm. No, that condor wasn't released that day - I was at the release event, and none of the birds figured out how to get out of the cage. This NPS website tells the story: http://www.nps.gov/pinn/naturescience/updates.htm My condor pictures from that day are not nearly as impressive - we saw (from a half-mile away) a few previously-released birds hanging around the release pen: http://www.pbase.com/petolino/image/77658627

Greg Harp		27-Apr-2007 21:12
Nice shot.

Buz Kiefer		26-Apr-2007 17:48
Wonderful. Very lucky to see one of these guys as we almost lost them. Great effort undertaken to save them. As I recall, they captured all the ones in the wilds to save, breed and then release them.

Terri Steele		26-Apr-2007 14:32
Excellent catch!

laine82		25-Apr-2007 21:14
I like the whiteout sky...great shot.

coaster		25-Apr-2007 18:59
Great capture of this magnificent bird!

Guest		25-Apr-2007 15:51
great shot! Was lucky enough to see two California condor at Big Sur last June. Spotted them and stopped ,as did a few more people. vote

Guest		25-Apr-2007 14:37
Great shot. I saw one year ago in California. vote.

Simon Chandler		25-Apr-2007 07:20
Great shot. Great contrast of subject and background. v

Peter Stahl		25-Apr-2007 03:34
Terrific capture of him. GMV.

Joanne Kamo		25-Apr-2007 02:12
Wonderful shot, Bryan. How cool to have a chance to see one. V

Guest		24-Apr-2007 17:59
Really thrilling to get this capture. Nice going.

Rich Westfall		24-Apr-2007 16:00
Great capture, Bryan.

Guest		24-Apr-2007 13:31
Great catch.

Dan Ng		24-Apr-2007 07:46
Outstanding catch...the white sky adds elegance to the black color of the condor. Amazing bird! V.

NealyBob		24-Apr-2007 00:39
Nice capture of this rare bird~! v

Guest		23-Apr-2007 20:24
By the way, it looks like you separated it from the backgruund, and resembles my PDF files. Al

Guest		23-Apr-2007 20:22
Hi Bryan; I notica a tag on its wing. Al

Guest		23-Apr-2007 19:21
Kinda huge bird. Well captured, Bryan. :)

Tom Munson		23-Apr-2007 18:22
Nice shot Bryan. I would luv to see one of these. Vote

Guest		23-Apr-2007 18:14
I'd say you are the lucky one to see this bird fly!

Lloyd & Sandy Spitalnik		23-Apr-2007 17:58
Nice to see one flying free!

Liz Bickel		23-Apr-2007 16:56
Very nice to catch him in flight.

Costi Jacky		23-Apr-2007 16:00
Nice capture of this beautiful large predator bird.

Katie Chew		23-Apr-2007 13:33
Nice shot

Guest		23-Apr-2007 13:06
Wonderful!

carol j. phipps		23-Apr-2007 12:23
Wonderful perspective!

Guest		23-Apr-2007 12:19
This is a wonderful capture!

Guest		23-Apr-2007 09:09
great catch.

lou_rozensteins		23-Apr-2007 08:38
Nice shot! Well done.

Yvonne		23-Apr-2007 07:58
A great shot of the wing span, it must be a big bird with wings like these!

QUERIDO		23-Apr-2007 06:33
Beautiful shot,vote