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Driving the Highways & Byways
of Arizona with Earle Robinson as he searches for Arizona Wild Life

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I just can't seem to stay away from the Grand Canyon.

I can remember the 1965 Robert Wise's song and movie
"The Sound of Music"

So I have decided to call this trip to the Grand Canyon

THE SOUNDS OF NUTCRACKERS

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What trip to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon would be complete with out seeing the California Condors that have been reintroduced there. I believe there are approximately 50 birds now flying in the canyon.

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OH NO, LOOKS WHAT COMING TO DINNER,
& I THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE THE DINNER

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Looks like it might be coming right for the Nutcrackers.

Actually the Condors do not attack or eat live food. hey only eat carrion**

( ** Dead and putrefying flesh )

Condor number 34 a male and was hatched April 2, 1996

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It's not to often I get a shot of both the top and under side of a condor.

I think # -3 is about to land on the canyon wall or cliff area just below me.

I sure don't under stand the numbering system used on these birds. I could not get any of the condor trackers to tell me the age of this one except that it may be between 1 and 3 years old.

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Sure enough it did just what I said it would do.
I guess with a 9 and a half foot wing span there's no need to be afraid of falling,
you just have to spread those wings out and you start flying or gliding.

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Condor number 41 is is a female hatched April 13, 2001.

If we wait a minute or two it just may give us a show on just how beautiful it is with its wings spread out the 9 1/2 feet.

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I just knew it, now how much nicer could a condor look?

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This one looks mean and may be on a mission of some sorts.

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I can't tell who this one is but it looks like it's giving the folks
over there on the Bright Angel Trail to the bottom of the canyon a show.

The bird in this image is out of focus because I was focused on the people on the trail
and not the bird. The red spots on its wings are its tags and radio transmitters.

Telephoto lenses do not have much depth of field.

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This is condor number 19 the oldest condor in the wild at the canyon,
she was hatched 03/15/1995 and the mother of the newest hatched condor in the wild at the canyon.

Her offspring will be number 350 if and when they decide to number it.

It fledged its cave nest site on the west side of Battle Ship Rock Thanksgiving day of last year 2004.

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