Pearson 1978 115 condor Nov. 8 Rio Costano Over, arrived at our camp on the river and hiked up to the grid. Stopped to check to see if any condors were still there, as we watched, one soared into the valley and was joined by another that came out of the cliff. They caroted together [illegible] red-tailed hawks for perhaps a minute, then one of them landed on a ledge on the cliff and walked about 6 ft. along the ledge to what looked like a small cave with an entrance maybe 2 x 3 ft. Nov. 10 3 condors soaring over our valley at 6 pm long after sun had left the cliff. Two of them were soaring in close formation. They were still up long after the sun had left the highest peaks, almost dusk. Nov. 11 Saw a "white condor" soar in and land in a tree about 100 yrs from the cave in the cliff, about 8 am, sunny. About 11 an adult landed on a ledge 25 ft above and slightly to the right of the whitewash, almost up to the top of vegetation at the top of the cliff. For at least 5 minutes it was moving about, not just perching; About 15 minutes later an immature soared past and the adult took off and joined 4 others soaring above, 3 of the 4 adults, 3 or more continued soaring (high & zwn) for a half hour or more. Two adults interacted occasionally while soaring (turning), whitewash cliff Trees The "cave" cliff Trees