I was looking in the birds eye, it had a worried look, not bird of prey or vulture like at all. Funny that I can recall the eyes better that the beek.
Long slender wings, skinny short legs, and a horizontal not vertical stance.
Back to the charts.
http://www.mun.ca/biology/scarr/Bird_Wing_Types.htm
http://cacondorconservation.org/content/did-you-see-a-california-condor-let-us-know/
http://mdc.mo.gov/nathis/birds/eagles/
http://www-scf.usc.edu/~tchklovs/Proposal.htm
EDIT:
Two experts which have been contacted.
The one expert at U of M thinks it's a turkey vulture:
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......they have bare, red heads. It may be nesting in the barn. If you look at the one of it flying, you can see the lighter feathers on the trailing edge of the wing. This is distinctive, as is the V shape of the wings when soaring.
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I don't remember a red head or any other vulture like thing except the ruffled condition, and he photos at the barn don't have any color to speak of. Also the slight lighting of feathers is seen on the black footed albatross Internet photos and illustrations.
The second expert at Oregon State said;
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Basically, I can't tell from this photo..............(but if I had to choose, I'd choose vulture- again a lot of the other raptors aren't likely to sit on a barn like that)..............But birds do get way lost- you never know!
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Also said:
.....contact the local Audubon society for some help with identification- if there was a wild sighting like an albatross, they'd know about it, and they'll know what the most likely local possibilities are.
I've driven this into the ground for now, I may contact the local Audubon society but have picked up a little work, so I gotta go chase the money right now.
