Ohio Birders- I pead for mercy for doing this, but I can't resist. I was recently in California for a conference, and took a trip to see the Big Sur coastline. It is a region of epic vistas, where the mountains meet the coast. It is also the location of the Los Padres National Forest. For many miles, Highway 1 runs along a curvy two-lane-wide shelf with the mountain on one side and a cliff to the ocean on the other. As I rounded a curve to follow a cove inland, I nearly went off the road when a very large bird with white underwing feathers flew about 10 feet above the car. Luckily I was able to maintain sufficient composure to stay on the road and pull over at the nearest pull-off. I grabbed my camera and was able to take many pictures of the six California Condors as they soared over the road. They were flying close enough that you could see the radio tracking devices they wore and the id numbers painted on them. I have posted a few pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/augustfroehlich/ Click the photos and the little magnifying glass to get larger sizes. I also managed to get a short video of all six birds soaring together. I have posted it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP7GUl3jnc8 where the compression degrades the quality, but I think you'll get the idea. I apologize to those with dial-up connections. Thank you for indulging me in this. It was just too cool not to share with my Ohio Birders. August Froehlich Dublin, OH Delorme, 58D1 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]