Gymnogyps californianus June 19, 1946 Big Pine Lookout, Calif. duck hawkes were manoeuvring about ¼ mile E. of Lookout at this time. I was at lookout from about 12:30 to 3 p.m., then set out for Falls Can- yon. Mrs. B. thinks condors very ugly when perched But beautiful in flight. She & her husband are not nature lovers, but they know what condors look like. Mrs. B. said the Cuyama lookout reported a condor the first day on the job. I arrived at the big pine at head of Falls Canyon at 6:15 & at Dead Oaks at 6:45- camped there. Searched for condors in the pines-but none. Mrs. B. said that the "bolly" condor flapped more than the adults in flying & was unsteady in the air. The question is, worth this a bird of the year? - probably, tho it apparently could fly at this early date. Perhaps Oscar's flying was somewhat hampered by the handling he received while in young stage. June 20, 1946 Falls Canyon, Calif. I left Dead Oaks at 6:30 & hiked down to the falls. At 8:20 I was about 200 yds. upstream from the falls when I saw 7 condors circling & rising near the cliffs there - feet were up & they paid no attention to me; probably they roosted on the falls cliffs. At the falls brink I found the water running clear & lavishly. There about 20 squirts of whitewash on the