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The high point of our incredibly long and eventful day today was seeing this California Condor. These birds became extinct in the wild, and are being reintroduced from a captive breeding program. There are only a few hundred of them alive now. The male condor was outside the small cliffside cave where the pair are raising a chick. The female was nearby. |
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We spent several hours at the Grand Canyon -- obviously another high point of our day and of our entire trip west. |
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We had dinner at the Cameron Trading Post on the Navajo Reservation. Another high point of the day was trying a Navajo Taco on fry bread. The trading post is decorated with magnificent Navajo rugs and other artifacts. |
We left our hotel at 6 AM and returned at 8:30 PM. Our guide drove us 360 miles, from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon and onward to the
Navajo Bridge where a pair of condors are nesting. The beauty of the scenery on the reservation, the many views of the Grand Canyon, and the many other birds we saw also made for a remarkable day -- though very long.
1 comment:
I didn't know they started releasing condors again, that is wonderful, the photos are great! What a wing span in those condors.
This is a trip my husband and I want to make one day.
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