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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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It flew about some time with
it. The other was seen carrying
a stick at least three feet long
and having quite a curve in
it. This was carried at one
end with its talon. This bird
flew about thus for five or ten
minutes.
May-22. Two California Condors
seen circling high in the air.
Upon seeing me they flew
straight off for a half of a
mile or so and commenced
circling again.
I saw a Steller's Jay alight
on a window-sill and near
it and try for half of an
hour to get inside by pecking.
It repeated the performance
several hours apart.
The bird may have been
attracted by the food which
was on a table just inside of
the window. It kept up its