California Condor field notes, v1401
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Gymnogyps californianus June 13, 1946 Hopper Canyon, Calif. 50' NE of the shell top. The trail grew fainter, but led alongside the trunk of a live oak 50' downhill from the Brundell Trail, passing under the overhanging oak (branches about 4' above ground). It was below this oak, at least 300' downhill from shoe stake, where I saw 1 to 3 condors in shade of oak. The drag marks con- tinued on down through a space between deck branches, & about 50' below oak was a large vertebra. This was in a shallow gully again, so guided by down & feather fragments I found the hide at about 8' from the edge of dense brush about 200' below the oak (25% slope). The hide stuck & had lost hair by slipping & by friction but was essentially entire. The muzzle skin was gone to about 3" forward of eyes and both cars cala off fluck. This head skin was turned in- side out - I had difficulty righting it. There were no balls in neck, but foreleg skin on right side was at completely gone at body; on left side side much leg skin was present but pulled in as if from the inside. These part of hide was right-side out in general. Then a 3" diameter hole in delly, one 1" hole where a testicle removed, and a 4" hole at anus through which the inside out hind-legs skin & tail were pulled,