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Gymnogyps californianus
July 20, 1946
Nr. Frazier Park, Calif.
1942, in summer, he saw 3 condors near the road on
Frazier Mtn. One was in air, one in a tree, & one on the ground.
About 200ft. from the bird on ground was an old deer
carcass - a couple of years old & picked clean, Meyn said.
He found no other carcasses. During the war, Frazier
Mtn., Thorn Pt., & Mt. Pinos were manned in winter as
plane lookouts. Thorn Pt. only is manned in this ranger
district now. The lookout was said to have taken a close pic-
ture of a perched condor there this year. A guard said
he saw a condor & buzzard on a carcass back (W. of) La
O'Neil Canyon, 3 miles air-line from L.E.B.)
Dec pumping station, about 2 weeks ago. Meyn said that
last year he saw a condor (adult) perched on rocks near
Thorn Pt. Lookout, & tried to sneak up on it to get a picture-
the bird flew, but M. got a distant flight shot (I saw it -
a condor adult).
July 21, 1946
Nr. Frazier Park, Calif.
In Cuddy Valley I visited R.C. "Bob" Cuddy, about 70 yrs.
old, who was born & raised there. He was interested in
birds somewhat & told me that curlews, egrets, stilts, &
oth er shore birds used to land there. He said his father
was a "cattle king" there but that the "forest reserve" put
them out of the cattle business. There used to be sheep
there too, run by Kern C. Land Co. & several Frenchmen.
He said flocks of 25 to 50 condors used to come in 4 con-
tinuie month, & that they perched on rocks on Sounill
mountain. When working about 6 yrs. ago near the head