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Mary Deal 8 Days Ago

Kapaa, HI - United States

Wonderful capture, John. Such clear detail and color. v

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Mary for your kind compliment and vote I appreciate it

Joan Carroll 8 Days Ago

Fort Worth, TX - United States

well done! v

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Joan for your compliment and vote I appreciate it

Honolulu, HI - United States

Very nice shot John. I am not sure if I have seen this bird before. Great detail and composition. I look forward to seeing what you are going to upload next for your gallery.

John Telfer replied:

Thank you very much Eric for your kind compliment I really appreciate it

Mesa, AZ - United States

Great shot

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Marcia for your compliment, I appreciate it

Avinger, TX - United States

A Beauty... not the Bird, the photograph John..

John Telfer replied:

LOL, I agree the bird is not one of the nicest looking in the world, thank you Charlie and Norma for your compliment I appreciate it

Tigard, Or - United States

Wonderful capture! v/g+

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Linda for your compliment, vote and for google promoting my photo I appreciate it

Leland, IL - United States

nice image ...

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Tom for your compliment I appreciate it

Lower Lake, Ca - United States

Great caPTURE AND PROCESSING

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Naomi for your compliment I appreciate it

MILL BAY, BC - Canada

we get these around our neck of the woods and they are quite spectacular. v

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Tia for your compliment and vote I appreicate it

Perham, MN - United States

Such a beautiful bird even though he is a scavenger. Nice capture!

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Melanie for your compliment I really appreciate it

Medway - United Kingdom

A fantastic wildlife capture with fine details too John, V/F

John Telfer replied:

Thank you very much Pete for your kind compliment, vote and for favoring my photo I appreciate it

Tarnow - Poland

Wow, awesome capture. v

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Kate for your compliment and vote I appreciate it

Hillsboro, MO - United States

great capture!!!

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Peggy for your compliment I appreciate it

Tunkhannock, PA - United States

A really good closeup and composed nicely so that entiire bird is portrayed. ,V,F,G+

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Jim for your kind compliment, vote and for favoring my photo and google promoting it I appreciate it

Old Bridge, NJ - United States

nice capture

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Annie for your compliment I appreciate it

Holbrook, MA - United States

This is a great image, very nicely done John - voted

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Alexandra for your compliment and vote I appreciate it

Singapore, Si - Singapore

Great capture, John. V/G+

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Dipali for your compliment, vote and for google promoting my photo I appreciate it

Northridge, CA - United States

This is a terrific shot John, in full side profile, well done. v,f,t

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Bedros for your kind compliment, vote and for favoring my photo and tweet promoting I appreciate it

Ottawa, ON - Canada

Nice capture John! Voted :-)

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Bianca for your kind compliment and vote I appreciate it

Hampton, VA - United States

Great DOF, These birds unfortunately don't get their fair share of camera time! When captured in the right lighting they have one of the most beautiful wingspanes of the larger raptors! V/F

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Regina for your very kind compliment, vote and for favoring my photo I appreciate it

Aiken, SC - United States

Very nice! v

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Andrea for your compliment and vote I appreciate it

Aberdeen - United Kingdom

That's some bird!! v

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Liz for your compliment and vote I appreciate it

Chicago, IL - United States

Wow!! Amazing image..I am happy to see it is slowly repopulating..I remember when they captured them in 1987 to try and save the breed. v/f!!

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Anne for your kind compliment, vote and for favoring my photo I appreciate it

Montreal, QC - Canada

All my deepest respects to the photograph and his model! Alluringly beautiful! voted and faved

John Telfer replied:

Thank you so much Marie-Line for your very kind compliment, vote and for favoring my photo I appreciate it

Avinger, TX - United States

Wonderful capture and great description!

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Charlie and Norma for your compliment I appreciate it

Freeland, MD - United States

Nice capture! v/f

John Telfer replied:

Thank you for your compliment and vote Wayne and also for favoring my photo I appreciate it

Maryland Heights, MO - United States

Beautiful image and a great capture. Nicely done.

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Jane for your compliment I appreciate it

Naples, FL - United States

Good capture...v

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Doris for your compliment and vote I appreciate it

Beverly Hills, CA - United States

quite statuesque v

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Nina for your compliment and vote I appreciate it

Tacoma, WA - United States

Nice portrait!

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Nancy for your compliment I appreciate it

Mequon, WI - United States

Excellent capture, John, with good detail. Nice textural background. vf

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Mary for your compliment, vote and for favoring my photo I appreciate it

Pass Christian, MS - United States

Great capture! V

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Phyllis for your compliment and vote I appreciate it

Depoe Bay, OR - United States

Wow, John, he's so close up and real; it feels as though you can reach out and touch the feathers! Amazing detail in this portrait of a California Condor!!! Love the tuft of feathers around his neck! Great Description! F/V

John Telfer replied:

Thank you very much Glenna for your compliment, vote and for favoring my photo I appreciate it

Højbjerg - Denmark

wow, nice shot

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Sanne for your compliment I appreciate it

Rochester, Ne - United States

Great close up shot!!!

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Aimee for your compliment I appreciate it

Shawnee, Ks - United States

nice shot. v

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Liane for your compliment and vote I appreciate it

Riverside, CA - United States

Wow! Great shot! v

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Sophia for your compliment and vote I appreciate it

San Pedro, CA - United States

Well done, John! F v

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Joe for your compliment, vote and for favoring my photo I appreciate it

JABALPUR, MA - India

Remarkable image with beauty of close up ...+v/f/tw/fb .

John Telfer replied:

Thank you very much Basant for your kind compliment and for voting, favoring my photo and tweet and FB promoting my photo I appreciate it

Rehoboth, MA - United States

Beautifully done!

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Joan for your compliment I appreciate it

Richland, WA - United States

Great shot, John...a spectacular display of grandeur...his head looks like it is sculpted out of stone...love his neck feathers. Enjoyed the description very much...v/f

John Telfer replied:

Thank you very much Ann for your very kind compliment, vote and for favoring my photo I appreciate it

Dallas, TX - United States

Beautiful capture of a condor.

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Elena for your compliment I appreciate it

Hermann, MO - United States

Nicely captured John. voted

John Telfer replied:

Thank you William for your compliment and vote I appreciate it

Thousand Oaks, CA - United States

Looks like my Uncle Morris!

John Telfer replied:

Darlene, hate to say this I dont know if I would ever want to meet your Uncle Morris

Fort Worth, TX - United States

nice capture! v

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Joan for your compliment and vote I appreciate it

Myrtle Beach, SC - United States

Nice. v

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Jessica for your compliment and vote I appreciate it

Barcelona - Spain

Nice poise that exhibits this condor, John! A beautiful photo! and excellently done! T V.

John Telfer replied:

Thank you very much Pedro for your compliment, vote and tweet promotion I appreciate it

Lacey, WA - United States

Great capture!! V

John Telfer replied:

Thank you David for your compliment and vote I appreciate it

Calgary, AB - Canada

Fabulous image John! V/F This is quite a bird!!!

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Laura for your compliment, vote and for favoring my photo I appreciate it

Greenville, SC - United States

John, what you did with the background makes the old bird really stand out....voted

John Telfer replied:

Thank you so much Larry for your compliment, I got right up against the cage stuck my lens through it to give the impression that I was photographing him in his own habitat and set my zoom focus right on him as tight as I could go and got that great background effect. Thank you Larry for the vote also I appreciate it

Bollebygd - Sweden

Magnificent bird and a great shot! v

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Gun for the compliment and vote I appreciate it

Sunshine Coast, Qu - Australia

Good shot of this big bird John, he does look rather sad!!! v.

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Linde for the compliment and vote I appreciate it. I agree he does look a little sad

Union Dale, PA - United States

He doesn't look very happy John :?) F & V ... Elaine (V&VO)

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Elaine for your comment, vote and for favoring my photo I appreciate it

Bulli , Ne - Australia

a great image John voted

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Pamela for the compliment and vote I appreciate it

Waianae, HI - United States

Nice photo of another of our endangered animals.

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Craig for your compliment I appreciate it and I hope this species does not become endangered they are really something to view

Fort Worth, TX - United States

great find! V

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Joan for the compliment and vote I appreciate it

Franklin Square, NY - United States

Kami, Thank you for featuring my photo in the group, Self Taught Artist

Fort Worth, TX - United States

great job! V

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Joan for the compliment and vote I appreciate it

Franklin Square, NY - United States

Thank you Nadine and Bob for featuring my photo in the group, USA Artist News

Orange Park, FL - United States

Terrific animal image! V

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Bob and Nancy for your compliment and vote I appreciate it, one of my favorite wildlife bird images

Iola, WI - United States

Condor at its best, John! I have never seen one up this close before, to for me it is a new experience. Love the rock perch and the remnants of its lunch! Great muted background too! fave and vote

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Randy for your kind compliment, vote and for favoring my photo I appreciate it

Orchard Park, NY - United States

weird texturing of the background there. kind of cool vtd.

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Darleen for the compliment and vote I appreciate it

Rochester, Ne - United States

Nice capture!!!

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Aimee for the compliment I appreciate it

Franklin Square, NY - United States

Sandi, Thank you for featuring my photo in the group, Beauty of this World

Montague, NJ - United States

Cool shot.

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Dawn for the compliment I appreciate it

Clarence, NY - United States

Beautiful capture.v/p

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Kathleen for the compliment, vote and for promoting my photo I appreciate it

Fullerton California, ca - United States

Great capture...v

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Athala for your kind compliment and vote I appreciate both of them

Dallas, TX - United States

Great shot. V

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Elena for your compliment and vote I appreciate both of them

Bollebygd - Sweden

Whant a mighty bird! Great shot!

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Gun for the compliment I appreciate it

Franklin Square, NY - United States

Thanks Bedros for the compliment and vote I was so happy that this shot came out so clear so that you could see all of the details of the Condor

Northridge, CA - United States

I couldn't imagine a condor would be so big like this one..Thanks John for this close-up shot that shows every detail..V)

Thunder Bay, ON - Canada

John, Wow I have never seen a Condor in real life this is a great shot. It looks like it is wearing a Feather Boa around its neck. It is looking very serious and Regal too. Visiting this photo as I found it promoted on the CFC Home Page Voted

John Telfer replied:

I was lucky to get this close to this Condor and get a nice detail photo as they usually do not like to be around people, they just like to go after their prey. Thank you for the compliment and the vote and for reviewing it from CFC Home Page, I appreciate it

Franklin Square, NY - United States

Bedros, thank you for featuring my photo in the group, Comment for Comment

Jacksonville, fl - United States

John, Congratulations on your FEATURE on CFC group..this is an honor well deserved!..V/F/tweet and FB

John Telfer replied:

Sherry, thank you for all of the kind, sincere compliments I really appreciate them along with the vote, tweet, FB and for favoring my photo. Thank you soooooo much

Prince George, VA - United States

Nice shot, John! v

John Telfer replied:

Thank you Karen for your compliment and vote I worked hard to blur out the back I wanted this to look like his natural habitat

Warren, MI - United States

that rock looks like he just finished a meal. LOL Doesn't he look like he wants to pose for you?

John Telfer replied:

Fay, Thanks for the compliment, knowing these birds he could all day, and he does kinda look like he is giving me his best profile pose

San Miguel, CA - United States

A distinguished, endangered bird! Great shot, bird and background!

John Telfer replied:

Susan, Thank you for the compliment and for making this photo your daily favorite I appreciate it

Franklin Square, NY - United States

Bajan, Thank you for featuring my photo in the group, Group of photographers from around the World

CARLE PLACE, NY - United States

Dan, Will forward all information to you, sorry about that

Clermont, FL - United States

NEED CAMERA AND LENS INFO TO POST TO THE GROUP.

CARLE PLACE, NY - United States

Thank you for featuring my photo of the California Condor in the Gothic Romance Group

CARLE PLACE, NY - United States

Pravine, Thanks for featuring my photo in Feathers and Beaks

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California Condor

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Description:

While visiting the San Diego Zoo in California I came across this full grown California Condor. As you can see by the size of his claws he is able to pick up small rodents and fly away with them while clutching them with his claws. He also is equipped with a hard and sharp beak which helps him to eat and fight other animals. The California Condor also is famous for it's almost scarf like fur around it's neck. While photographing this condor I was able to blur out any fences in the background to give the full impression that the condor was in his natural habitat. I was also happy with the details in this condor's feathers that I was able to capture. The California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is a New World vulture, the largest North American land bird. This condor inhabits northern Arizona and southern Utah (including the Grand Canyon area and Zion National Park), coastal mountains of central and southern California, and northern Baja California. Although other fossil members are known, it is the only surviving member of the genus Gymnogyps.
The plumage is black with patches of white on the underside of the wings and the head is largely bald, with skin color ranging from gray on young birds to yellow and bright orange on breeding adults. Its huge 3.0 m (9.8 ft) wingspan is the largest of any North American bird, and its weight of up to 12 kg (26 lb) makes it nearly equal the Trumpeter Swan, the largest among native North American bird species. The condor is a scavenger and eats large amounts of carrion. It is one of the world's longest-living birds, with a lifespan of up to 60 years.[2]
Condor numbers dramatically declined in the 20th century due to poaching, lead poisoning, and habitat destruction.[3] A conservation plan was put in place by the United States government that led to the capture of all 22 remaining wild condors in 1987. These surviving birds were bred at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park and the Los Angeles Zoo. Numbers rose through captive breeding and, beginning in 1991, condors have been reintroduced into the wild. The California Condor is one of the world's rarest bird species: as of May 2012, population counts put the number of known condors at 405, including 226 living in the wild and 179 in captivity.[4] The condor is a significant bird to many Californian Native American groups and plays an important role in several of their traditional myths.

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