Big Birds

[Mal Paso]

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?

[OS OK]

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...

https://i.imgur.com/fjfRsfK.jpg

[nun2kute]

Turkey Vulture ?

[SSGOldfart]

Mal :smile:my 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.

[trebor44]

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.

[Mal Paso]

We have lots of vultures and he is way bigger. We have also had condors.

[swheeler]

Looks like a Bald Headed Lead Eater for sure, he knew you had some lead:bigsmyl2:, thought you might throw him a couple wheel weights!

[bangerjim]

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.

banger

[tomme boy]

Turkey vulture. They are all over the whole USA

[kenblacksmith]

Yip Vulture, the fun will run out when they poop on your car.

[daengmei]

There are a couple places here where they roost by the dozens and homeowners really dislike the droppings they leave.