Baja California's San Pedro Mártir National Park is one site where California Condors have been re-introduced as part of the ongoing captive breeding program. (the others being southern and central California, and Arizona).
There are approximately forty condors in the park.
I have looked for the condors during each of my visits.
On four visits, I had no luck. During my visit in August, 2017, I spotted about a dozen condors, in two locations west of the park entrance.
Each California Condor released into the wild has wing identification tags.
Here are a few of the birds:
Note the horizontal position of the wings. This is the easiest way to distinguish a condor from a Turkey Vulture, which holds its wings in a V-shape. The condor is also twice as large!
Seeing a California Condor in the wild is breathtaking. The scientists who have made a success of the captive breeding program deserve our thanks!
A Turkey Vulture, for comparison. Note the black and white pattern on the wings is the opposite of the condor's. Photographed in San Pedro Mártir in May, 2018:
A Zone-tailed Hawk, photographed near the entrance to the park in May, 2018. Note the pattern in the wings is similar to the Turkey Vulture's. The Zone-tailed Hawk is often seen soaring with Turkey Vultures, as prey animals are not frightened of Turkey Vultures. An example of "wolf-in-sheep's clothing" mimicry.
Looking west from San Pedro Mártir after sunset:
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