George,

You have such a great way of capturing the majesty and beauty of the animals at that Zoo. This one has great color and detail; I had no idea condors had the orange and purples on their faces.

Condors are indeed amazing. About 4 years ago we were driving across Marble Canyon in northern Arizona. Marble Canyon is close to the Vermillion Cliffs which is where they release Condors in AZ. There is a historic bridge that you can walk over Marble Canyon and perched on various rocks beneath the bridge, were 7 condors! We were all stunned - they were each tagged and close enough that you could make out the numbers on their tags. It was an amazing experience - I do not know if they still frequent that location, but we watched them for over an hour. Unfortunately this was before I bought my D80. All I had was a P&S so no good shots. The wingspan on those birds is just incredible.

Anyway - thanks for sharing the great shot.

Dave