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Orr
1932
Bodfish P.O., 2600 ft., Kern Co., Calif.
Dec. 22, 1932
They are unable to gain other employment.
Lauder has killed four Black Bears since
he has been here, claiming that they are
cattle killers. F.W. Ross said a Black Bear,
so far as he knows, never kills cattle, but if
it finds a fresh kill made by a deer
hunter or a lion it will not hesitate to
eat up the remains. This makes it appear
as though it is the killer. There are still
some mountain lions about here. He caught
two last winter. The brothers only caught
one Gray Fox last year. The last Red Foxes
in this region were taken by them 30 years
ago. F. Ross told me that they had reports
that there were two Fishers in this region
now and they were planning on trying
to procure them soon. Told me that
they could show me California Condors in
a 3 or 4 hr. ride from here between Baker-
field and Caliente on an old road that
they knew of. F.W. Ross gave me a perfect
description of a Goshawk that he saw
here several years back. He said it came
and attacked a Red-tail Hawk that was
perched on a tree near his cabin. He did
not know the name of the hawk but
told me of this huge "blue" hawk with