Andean Condor
I am just barely back from Colombia, so this will be a short post focused on One Bird, the Andean Condor, the sight of which perhaps trumped them all. (This bird does not respond to a recording. It appears at will.) And just our luck, when we were up in the Páramo at Los Nevados National Park, approximately 13,000-14,000 feet? – we saw this magnificent raptor very well.
Los Nevados
The color leaves much to be desired, but this is not a particularly colorful bird so I am just happy to have captured the spirit of its flight. Click on the pictures if you want a closer look.
Some vegetation at Los Nevados
I have nine days of memories, of wonderful birds, great companions and the friendly Colombian people. For the moment, I leave you with a picture of a couple on their motorcycle with their dogs in tow. Check out those nifty helmets!
To be continued! Thanks to all for your interest and support. 🙂
Fantastic! Welcome back Lisa! 🙂
Thanks, H.J.! I will be catching up with you later. 🙂
Wow! Thanks for posting these pix.
Thanks so much, MaryLee! I’m still adjusting to sea level. 🙂
Love the helmets…..and the condors.
Thank you so much, Tom. Glad I went. My knee is glad I’m back, too. ( 🙂 )
Magnificent bird!
Thanks, Julie! Yes we were astounded, it just floated from over the horizon and there it was, above us… and I thanked my crows for letting me practice taking pictures of them in flight. 🙂
Wow. Amazing sight! The scenery is so exotic as well, really a whole different continent lol!
Greetings, Frank! I was in Peru in 2010 and fell in love with the Andes. Not surprisingly, at first Colombia reminded me more of Costa Rica, perhaps the vegetation, than of southern Peru. And this was just a tidbit!
Welcome back! What an awe-inspiring bird. And the couple on the motorcycle are nice, too.
Thanks, Jason! Yes, I think the couple on the motorcycle is hoping if they pose for enough pictures one might go viral…:-) The dogs were barking all the way.