Comments on: Day 9 – Bariloche http://www.simonhampel.com/day-9-bariloche/ Sim' Hampel (aka Simon Hampel) Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:12:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Photos for days 5 – 9 http://www.simonhampel.com/day-9-bariloche/comment-page-1/#comment-52117 Photos for days 5 – 9 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:49:12 +0000 http://www.simonhampel.com/day-9-bariloche/#comment-52117 [...]       Day 10 – Bariloche » « Day 9 – Bariloche [...] [...]       Day 10 – Bariloche » « Day 9 – Bariloche [...]

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]]> By: Sim' http://www.simonhampel.com/day-9-bariloche/comment-page-1/#comment-22268 Sim' Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:18:01 +0000 http://www.simonhampel.com/day-9-bariloche/#comment-22268 Definitely not the Condor - we've done our research (and we've seen them at Taronga and Buenos Aires Zoos), they are actually quite rare - we would not expect to see three of them on our first outing into the mountains. They were much smaller than a Condor and did not seem to have the bald head. I am actually quite hopeful of seeing a Condor sometime on this trip - I would consider that a highlight, especially if I can get some good photos. Definitely not the Condor – we’ve done our research (and we’ve seen them at Taronga and Buenos Aires Zoos), they are actually quite rare – we would not expect to see three of them on our first outing into the mountains.

They were much smaller than a Condor and did not seem to have the bald head.

I am actually quite hopeful of seeing a Condor sometime on this trip – I would consider that a highlight, especially if I can get some good photos.

]]> By: Trevor http://www.simonhampel.com/day-9-bariloche/comment-page-1/#comment-22262 Trevor Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:25:59 +0000 http://www.simonhampel.com/day-9-bariloche/#comment-22262 The bird of prey is possibly an Andean Condor, one of the many members of the vulture family of birds. The condor of Nth America is the Californian Condor. What your photo does not show is the prominent white collar - the neck is in shadow. This would help in ID and is reasonably diagnostic. It could also be an immature or a female which can lack the white collar. Top sighting - and a good photo. For more information see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andean_Condor The bird of prey is possibly an Andean Condor, one of the many members of the vulture family of birds. The condor of Nth America is the Californian Condor.

What your photo does not show is the prominent white collar – the neck is in shadow. This would help in ID and is reasonably diagnostic. It could also be an immature or a female which can lack the white collar.

Top sighting – and a good photo.

For more information see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andean_Condor

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