Spirit Guide of the day is Condor! Although circumstances may seem dire to you now, know that you will find gifts from this experience that you may not see now. Work on cleaning up clutter or messes around you as you develop new, possibly creative, solutions to any problems that you, or others, have been ignoring. Take the clutter from around you and get rid of it, whether trashing or recycling them. If the signs come from a Californian Condor, know that you will need a time to retreat and meditate. Although you will also encounter a time of vitality and enthusiasm. Use this time to soak up the sun each morning. Able to fly in high areas such as the Andes Mountains, they are seen as a carrier of prayers to the Gods by the Incas. Know that now is a time to figure out what doesn't seem right in your life. You may be able to see things more intensely than before. The condor heralds a great message, prophecy, or vision. Be patient and faithful as you work to understand the message sent for you. Do not be afraid to share this information to those around you. Work on seeing unity between us all and sharing knowledge so that we may all rise above our limitations and grow. Now is the time to connect with your inspiration and creativity. The Spirit Guide Condor aids us in holding strong against hard winds to break from old habits in order to reach a new phase in your life. One way to begin this is to start with your household. Organize and clean your environment in a way to balance your mundane life with your spiritual life. People who connect with Condor are wondrous at making the best of a bad situation, being willing to take on tasks that others would refuse. These individuals are somber types that take life seriously, having a gift for communicating with spirits and the deceased. They may have an unusual appearance that, along with a metaphysical gift, may make others wary of them.


The Condor, the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere, comes in two species: the Californian Condor, Gymnogyps Californianus; and the Andean Condor, Vulture Gryphus. The Californian Condor remains the largest flying land bird in North America while the Andean Condor holds the record as the second bird with the largest wing span, after the Albatross. As the names suggest, the Californian Condor inhabits solely the western coastal mountains of the United States as well as Mexico and the northern desert mountains of Arizona. The Andean Condor lives in the Andean mountains along the western edge of South America. These are two of the New World vultures also being related to 15 Old World species of vulture which are related to kites, eagles, and hawks. These two forms of vulture, New world and Old world, evolved from different ancestors, and yet, have similar traits such as being carrion-eaters with distinctive, feather-less heads. Condors are broad-winged birds built for soaring, watching from above for any possible prey. This soaring ability is aided by the lack of a large sternum in which in anchor flight muscles. They will flap their wings to gain altitude from the ground, but will resort to soaring for much of their time in the air. These birds will travel up to 160 miles in a single day to search for carrion to eat, preferring large carcasses such as cattle or dear. They are unable to break through the tougher skin of these larger prey items, and so, will look for larger predators who have already opened the carcasses. At times, they can go days without eater and will gorge themselves upon finding food to the point of not being able to fly. The Andean Condor is the shorter of the two, however, it has a longer wingspan. They possess adapted talons that are straight and blunt with a elongated middle toe. This means that they are more adapted to walking rather than being used for weapons or to grasp prey as seen in other birds of prey. These birds are covered in a deep black plumage topped with a white frill of feathers around the base of the neck. These white feathers are cleaned diligently by the bird of the various dirt and blood that may stain them. The adaptation of a feather-less head and neck comes in useful for further hygiene. This enables them to eat from carrion sources without the hindrance of feathers. This adaptation also allows for solar ultraviolet light found at high altitudes for sterilizing their skin. This wrinkled flesh of their neck creates folds that lead to a wattle along the base of their neck and is able to flush with deeper or lighter colors in order to communicate emotions between individual birds. Condor's also flaunt a flattened head which, in males, is topped by a caruncle, or comb. Sexual maturity in Condors does not occur until 5 or 6 years old. Once they begin these behaviors, they will find a mate and keep that mate for life. Wild condors can live up to 50 years or longer. They will also hold a complex social structure within large groups of Condors, using competition through play, body behavior, and vocalizations to build a hierarchy, or pecking order. Condors will use a wide range of vocalizations, and yet, do not possess a voice box. The hatchlings of a Condor will remain a greyish color until adulthood and are able to fly within six months. However, they will continue to roost and hunt with their parents until they are two years of age when they are moved out when the parents have a new clutch.