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Gymnogyps californianus
June 5, 1946 Whiteacre Pk, Calif.
two adults at perched on the tip of a sandstone
bluff on W. side of the ridge about ½ mile S. of
Whiteacre Pk. This was same point when I saw
mating display earlier this year. 10:05, one adult
crouched flat but was up in 30± sec.. 10:08, one
sunned, facing arm wings outspread & body erect.
The other stood 5±' away, facing first, + sunned
back, body tilted forward [illegible]. Both had
ceased sunning by 10:11. 10:16, both took off to NW
about 1 minute apart, circled together, feet down,
then separated - I descended out of my sight as if
to land about 500' below Whiteacre Pk. on the SW side
while the other landed in cliff point 200± yds. up
the slope from first perch (highest point on that
slope). The perched adult mostly stood quietly &
occasionally preened. 10:40, a raven perched about 10'
on one side of perched adult, later 6±' on other & walked
about 4' in front of condor in returning to first spot,
the condor showed no interest. 10:49, I saw an adult
was now also on the first (lower) perch point on tip
of cliff [illegible]. Upper adult faced out from cliff [illegible]. No
change by 11:00 - both quite inactive. At 11:25 the
lower took off, circled, & rose near upper. The
upper then took off & circled 100±' below opp other.
they soared toward Rim as if to cross just S. of
Whiteacre Pk., but lower locked altitude &