Gymnogyps californianus July 12, 1947 Nr. Cholame, Calif. At 3:50 p.m., from the Parkfield road, on Cholame Flats, I saw 2 condors over Gold Hill. There were 1000' head of cattle on the flats & nearly hills then. Drove them to the Gold Hill area & at 4:15 inspected a bull carcass toward which one of the condors had seemed to descend. There were about Turkey mulitures at this carcass which lay about 100 yds. N. of the road, near Gold Hill, an open ground, on a 15+ % slope. The bull had apparently died from castation about 3 days ago. Penis was pulled out, anus was open, & eyes were gone - otherwise the hide was unbroken. We found some condor down & troches near the carcass. Some troches seemed to be of a running bird or the front claws & ends of toes were dug in. We saw a Swainson's hawk nearby. We saw no more condors so left. Sky clear, breeze light. Ian McMillan told me that some local men reported seeing 4 condors over Shandon recently, from an airplane. He also said that he had looked for 2 mornings at Cholame Flats & also at Shale Hills for condors, not long ago, but had seen none. Laird Williams, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Lelby were with us.