(Continued from "Condor portraits (Part 1)")
Here are the portraits of the other 3 condors involved in the first release at the Pinnacles NM reintroduction site.
Note the varying position of the ruff on the birds among the various portraits. The condors will vary the position of the ruff anywhere from down at the collar to the the top of the head depending on the weather/temperature and their emotional or behavioral state. Also, note the puffed out cheeks on condor #270 in the previous post. When emotionally aroused condors will puff out their cheeks, throat and crop.
Here are the portraits of the other 3 condors involved in the first release at the Pinnacles NM reintroduction site.
Note the varying position of the ruff on the birds among the various portraits. The condors will vary the position of the ruff anywhere from down at the collar to the the top of the head depending on the weather/temperature and their emotional or behavioral state. Also, note the puffed out cheeks on condor #270 in the previous post. When emotionally aroused condors will puff out their cheeks, throat and crop.
