California Condors

We putz around the camper for the morning with plans to head out to see California Condors later in the afternoon as they come in to roost. We have no clue if we’ll have any success but what the heck. The site to observe them is along US 89A at Navajo Bridge near Lees Ferry between Page, AZ and The Grand Canyon. The narrow bridge needed to be upgraded to accommodate additional traffic so a new highway bridge was built next to the old bridge and the old bridge became a pedestrian walkway and viewing area. Several California Condors use either of the bridge’s trusses or the neighboring canyon walls as a place to roost. Additionally, two years ago a pair of condors placed their nest there and raised a condor chick in the wild. This excites all since this means that there are condors being hatched both in captivity then released into the wild and condors successfully being hatched in the wild.

We see at least three condors but potentially another 3. It’s hard to count condors as they move around!

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