Great video of a gathering of over 15 California Condors, 10 feet from a growing crowd of awe-struck passers-by... in Big Sur along the picturesque California Highway 1.
Soon after my wife and I pulled over and set up the video camera, other people began stopping to see these grand birds too. The more people showed up, the more condors flew up to the other side of the guard rail, just as curious as we were. Soon a Ventana Wildlife worker stopped by, gave us some information on the condors (recorded in this video) and then had to shoo the birds off to a safer distance.
Here is a 10 minute segment of footage of these birds close up, people-watching, cuddling with each other, sun-bathing with wings out, and soaring majestically.
I hope you are as entranced as we were!
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5.00
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Video Length :
9 : 16
Comments :
Wow this is for me so amazing to see I love birds and it's so sad to hear they almost was gone... It's with a big smile on my face I see this :D thanks my dear friend for doing & post this :-)
Ah, to send smiles all the way to Sweden! The internet is great... Thank you, Kenta, for flying by to watch these grand birds.
Honestly - that was so enjoyable to watch! Great editing, great camera work, and the music really fits! Thanks for posting this - I am nowhere near California but I love the condors.
I was quite inspired to write the music for this as soon as I got home from that trip, glad you enjoyed it! It was also my hope to share this for others who might love this rare gathering as much as we did, so you just made my day! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Wow. And to think, I thought I was lucky to see 3 of them hanging out on that big rock right alongside the road (probably not too far from your spot in this video) back in early May of 2007. The sight of these magnificent creatures Up Close And Personal is something I'll never forget. You are so blessed to have gotten a good 10 minutes plus with half the known population!!!
Woohoo, it's great to know you got to see some too... this was one of those perfect moments, I happened to have noticed them, pulled off, and had my video camera with me, and could spend 2 hours recording footage. They are amazing in flight. Thanks for finding and enjoying my experience too!
Many thanks for posting this lovely piece! We went to this same spot and sadly, no condors. We went as far south as Lucia and didn't see any. This day was a real blessing from God to all who witnessed it! Thanks again!!
I'd be sad if this were a once in a lifetime experience, but I'm so happy to have caught it on tape to share (looks much better on my DVD-quality burn!) Hope this gets more people interested in these and other birds. Thank you for watching and commenting, makes my day!
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Eduard
Very enjoyable Eduard and Jeri, educational and artistic. Thanx for sharing this.
Ian
Glad you stopped in to watch, Ian. This was an exciting experience, and makes me want to take my video camera on ALL our vacations now, just in case we see more wildlife.
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Eduard
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Wow this is for me so amazing to see I love birds and it's so sad to hear they almost was gone... It's with a big smile on my face I see this :D thanks my dear friend for doing & post this :-) 
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