Journal 30 January 1979. La Panza Ranch, San Luis Obispo C. up Beertop Canyon to a water tank and cement trough. Large eucalyptus along creek. Walked up the rocky creek about 1/2 hr., then a falls, took 6. falls & saw climbed out to N. & viewed some of the crags & cliffs where old cards next site! Cl said that about 1968 he & Greg McM. saw 1983 (in west canyon 5; seeing barely fly Date?) a young miniature condor there. He had also been here with Fred Kelley, and with 6. when he climbed to old Condor nest. / We descended to N. falls and a flat, where once Chinese mined gold & where Dawson & Trues (found pumice tubes; probably 9 and cold judged, though poorly defined) adult had camped in 1920's. Threat of rain increased, & some drifst after about 2 hours, about 1030, we turned back. Cl showed me an open meadow where this was grown; Cl said grow only in that place for decades. / We returned to car via cattle trail and ridge to S. of creek. Then drove back to ranch headquarters, talked more He mentioned "dead condor man Beertop C. in late 60's, left ascetics about how died. W. Stew. Drove Truck to Cl McMillan's. / Sawmed there later in day with about 2" as laws. So much, many cattletails and quail around the house. Four ranch hawks hunting nearby. Blackbirds in trees made much noise in early morning. 31 January 1979. Books too slick to go up Beiler Canyon road to Davis. I departed & drove via highway 5 to Berkeley. Little Truffieridge route road to Los Angeles closed by storm. 4 February 1979, Tuesday. Mus. Vert. Zool, Berkeley, Calif Dr Michael Fry, of poultry dept., Davis, phoned this visited me. He had Gymnocephalos larytyped L A gos Calif. condor an 07, & showed me slide (feather follicle method). Also had laryotype andean C + King Vulture - patterns seem identical. By Textstone / Estrogen levels, got 07 too for gos bird using analysis of extraction. Also said that year round sampling should be more fort (which) highest in March. He had also measured T/E ratio in two adults' experiment, furnished by Boreman. In Oct 1979 at