Condors in Big Sur
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Since it hadn't been affecting my life much, I had sorta lost track of how well the California Condor reintroduction program was going. But Deborah and I were in Big Sur last Saturday, having breakfast at Cafe Kevah (at Nepenthe), and watching the red-tailed hawks and turkey vultures soar in the updrafts just south of us. And then one of the big birds flew straight toward the open deck, passing only about 30 or 40 feet above us. Although it was at least turkey-vulture sized, I had just about become sure that it wasn't a turkey vulture — the dark/light pattern on its wings was reversed fore-and-aft from the t.v.'s pattern, and less distinctly black-and-white — and was admiring the long finger-feathers at the ends of the wings, when someone elsewhere on the patio said "Condor".
Wow.
Here are some related Condor links:
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