I was sitting here last month when a Great Blue Heron landed on my roof. By the time I got outside he was 1/2 mile away but my neighbor confirmed the sighting, it had been raiding her pond for gold fish. No pictures though.
This guy showed up last week. Doesn't look right for a Condor, Eagle maybe? Lighting was poor and I didn't have a long enough lens but he is huge. Live Oak leaves are just under an inch wide. Any ideas what he is?
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Mal Paso means Bad Pass, just so you know.
I'm up near Auburn, a little North & East of you, I live on a ridge and these Turkey Vultures soar the ridge here often...
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Malmy bird expert thinks it is a condor ,a condor has a wing span of about 10.5 feet.and a bald head.she is pretty good at IDing these birds.
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Condors are a So Cal bird, are they expanding their range. Turkey vultures are common through out the West, even here in Idaho. They do tend to 'flock', two or more members.
West of Beaver Dick's Ferry.
We have lots of vultures and he is way bigger. We have also had condors.
Mal
Mal Paso means Bad Pass, just so you know.
Looks like a Bald Headed Lead Eater for sure, he knew you had some lead, thought you might throw him a couple wheel weights!
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We had two blue herons raiding our koi pond 3 years ago. Until I put up netting over the ponds, the darned birds got away with 6 koi....BIG ones! I was hoping to catch one in the net!
Who would have thought......herons in the desert SW.
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Turkey vulture. They are all over the whole USA
Yip Vulture, the fun will run out when they poop on your car.
There are a couple places here where they roost by the dozens and homeowners really dislike the droppings they leave.
Most of the tanks are gone and the windows don't rattle anymore. I won't be able to sleep now.
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