The Andean Condor
So this is the Andean Condor.
Vultur gryphus for you sciency types.
It weighs in a hefty 15kg and has a 3m wingspan.
It can live up to 70years and eats dead things.
It is actually more closely related to the storks than the eagles and vultures.
Who´d have thunk it?
Condors spend their evenings in communal roost sites known as Condoreras. This makes them easy to count. I counted over 70 birds at one condorera.
The condor population is reasonably healthy in Patagonia and they have an active breeding program to repopulate other parts of South America where the condor once lived.
They are majestic, fascinating and awesome birds.
Cute they are not.
So this is the Andean Condor.
Vultur gryphus for you sciency types.
It weighs in a hefty 15kg and has a 3m wingspan.
It can live up to 70years and eats dead things.
It is actually more closely related to the storks than the eagles and vultures.
Who´d have thunk it?
Condors spend their evenings in communal roost sites known as Condoreras. This makes them easy to count. I counted over 70 birds at one condorera.
The condor population is reasonably healthy in Patagonia and they have an active breeding program to repopulate other parts of South America where the condor once lived.
They are majestic, fascinating and awesome birds.
Cute they are not.
posted by Mat Ryan at 5:36 am
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