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Gymnogyps californianus
July 13, 1946 Fountain Springs Calif.
drove about 3 miles toward Not Spring + climbed
a hell to watch. At 4:20 I saw-7 condors circling & rising about 3 mile N. of me (over S. end of
Credaw Mtn.?). They rose to 1500+ altitude, then
at least 5 glided E. about 2 miles, circled again,
then E. another 1½ + mile, circled again, then -? These
large.
were many, conifers, many dead, on the W. slope in
the Calif. Not Springs district - probably good roosts.
The birds seemed roughly headed for Bilbar Pk. (4577 ft.)
Saw no more condors by 5 p.m.; returned to Porterville.
July 19, 1946 N. Fountain Springs Calif.
Arrived about 1 mile E. of Fountain Springs at
8:50 + climbed a low hill. From there, at 8:53;
I saw-6 condors with 20+ turkey vultures & 1
golden eagle circling about 1 mile SE of Fountain
Springs (1/4+ mile E. of road). At least two I
saw flap up from the ground. Breeze light,
shy clear, 75±°F. The lunch circled, rose, &
scattered. The bulk of the condors went about
2 miles SE, then N until about 1 mile E. of me,
circling over a knoll, then N. again, at 9:15.
I saw 3 of these about 2 miles N. + 1 E. of
Fountain Springs, circling at 500+ above some
soaring turkey vultures. Fair W. breeze by then.
I saw two condors chase another briefly, then