A California Condor in flight is an impressive sight. With a nine-foot plus wingspan, the birds can stay aloft for hours, floating up to 15,000 feet on warm air thermals. Learn more about this large U.S. vulture for International Vulture Awareness Day! https://abcbirds.org/bird/california-condor/ | American Bird Conservancy

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A Condor takes some hits! 🔥 The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, also known as Kurier to the Allies, is an all-metal four-engined monoplane designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Focke-Wulf. It was the first heavier-than-air craft to fly nonstop between Berlin and New York City, about 4,000 miles (6,400 km), making the flight from Berlin-Staaken to Floyd Bennett Field on 10/11 August 1938 in 24 hours and 56 minutes #warbird #flying #ww2 #ww2planes #pilot #luftwaffe | Warbird_Experie

Where will these wings take young California Condor #923? A soaring adult condor can ride air currents up to altitudes of 15,000 feet—that's 2.8 miles high! Watch LIVE at AllAboutBirds.org/Condors | Bird Cams

A California Condor in flight is an impressive sight. With a nine-foot-plus wingspan, the birds can stay aloft for hours, floating up to 15,000 feet on warm air thermals. Learn more about this large U.S. vulture for #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay! https://abcbirds.org/bird/california-condor/ | American Bird Conservancy

The family that suns together stays together! Watch the California Condors spread their wings in succession after the sun peeked through the clouds in Hutton's Bowl. Sunbathing may serve primarily to dry feathers prior to flight, but researchers suggest it may also aid in thermoregulation and reduction of feather deformations. Watch it LIVE at AllAboutBirds.org/Condors | Bird Cams

FLYING HIGH: There are only an estimated few thousand Andean condors in the wild today. See this one soar after being nursed back to health. | CBS News

Not only are Andean Condors the largest raptor in the world, but did you know they can develop a wingspan of over 3 metres in length and stand over 1.2 metres tall? ⁣⁣ Learn more about these impressive birds of prey with our host Hayden and QBE Free-flight Bird Show Keeper Brendan in fascinating Keeper Talk. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #tarongatv #forthewild | Taronga Zoo Sydney