skibum5 wrote: uz2work wrote: Jeff Nolten wrote:
Also, as Ian\'s post shows, that is not a vulture but a California Condor, a very endangered species only re-introduced to the wild in the last few years. You can see the ID tag (#18) and locator antenna on the wings. Most photographers wouldn\'t shrug at such a bird. But they are fairly commonly visible from the south rim of the Grand Canyon.
That makes more sense. Given that I live in an area where I see turkey vultures every day and that I have never seen a condor, I saw the head and made a careless ID. In any case, if I had been making the commercial, with the similarity in appearance between the vulture and the condor, I think I might have chosen to use a golden eagle. But that may be why they don\'t pay me to create commercials.
Les
condor looks way different and it\'s much larger and far more endangered
In UZ2\'s (Les\') defense, you can\'t really tell in the commercial. Looks like another vulture. It wasn\'t until I looked at Ian\'s post and saw the white underwings and then the number tag. I tried looking up where #18 was released. There are several #18s since they drop the 100s digit. Could be the female #418 released near Pinnacles, CA judging by the background terrain. But the bird could have been stock footage from anywhere considering Ian\'s astute observation of the body/focus point miss match.
Was there a car in the commercial? My wife\'s comment was \"big lens, but a black one\". She\'s learning way to much!
Aug 10, 2012 at 06:53 PM
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