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Gymnogyps californianus
July 15, 1946
Nr. Gordon Creek, Calif.
7 a.m. At 7:50 I saw 2 turkey vultures soaring, & about 5
at 8:10. Bay 9:30, with constant searching, saw no condors,
so descended to about 1 mile E. of Fountain Springs.
Then I saw 1 about 1½ miles toward Credow Mtn. at 10:18
& 3 with about 50 turkey vultures about 1½ miles
bore S. of me at 10:21. Breeze fair; warmer today than
yesterday, & clearer. About 10:40 I again saw 1 about
2 miles toward Credow Mtn., & 1 about 2 miles S.E. of me,
both soaring. Left then & drove to White River. Saw
several turkey vultures on ground or perched in trees & on
rocks on the way. Talked to Mrs. Walter Gregg - she said
the condors were back again, that there were 4 birds, 2 small
& 2 large ones, which sometimes perched on the rocks on
the high hill (Bald Mtn.) behind the house, & that the big ones had
white under their wings. Walter Gregg was not in; I left Mrs.
D. a condor picture & my address & departed. Visited Maria
Vincent then. He said they saw 1 condor May 7 and one
June 12, 1946. One was when they were looking cattle at
a corral near the ranch (Crops, about between 8 & 9 a.m.), it seemed
to be soaring down the hills. The other was seen when they were poisoning squirrels.
He said the first condors he
ever saw — about 15 or 16 — was many years ago when
they were poisoning squirrels here for the first time &
the squirrels were thick. I returned to my watching point
about 1 mile E. of Fountain Springs. At 2:11 I saw me
admit slight atop a bare lone dead pine stub about