oford 3278 Gymnogyps californianus Oak Flat Lookout Bakersfield, Calif. July 18, 1946 Sky was 1/10 alto-stratus & pir boyz - soarability apparently poor. Saw no soaring birds (carried about 5:30). Phoned Breckenridge Lookout - he said he had seen no condors but two people told him they had seen a "male & female" below "the subdivision" recently. July 19, 1946 Oak Flat Lookout, Kern Co. At 7 a.m. I started watching the area from Lucar Creek canyon to Mt. Adelaide, anticipated line of flight. This was about 8 miles, & across Kern River canyon, from the lookout. Sky 1/10 alto-cumulus & cirrus. About 65° & fair N. breeze at 7 a.m., & visibility fair. At 7:45 I saw two turkey vultures soaring about 2 miles E. of Adelaide mtn.. By 8:30 saw a few more turkey vultures. Air hot, calm, & sultry - probably poor soaring conditions. By 9:30 saw no condors, watching constantly - and now by 11 a.m. Thunderstorm over Breckenridge mtn., working west. I left the lookout & about 3 miles down the road stopped at Dean Lorch & talked with Mr. Dean: He said he had been there 5 years & had occasionally seen 1 or 2 possible condors but the recent bunch (about 30 he said) was the only group he had seen. The spot where he saw them was about 200 yds. N. of the road near 3 water troughs & a tank about 300 yds. South from the lowest oak trees, in open rolling - grassland