Gymnogyps californicus August 14,1948 Nr. Cholame, San Luis Obispo C. before branding time. Ad Grant had sold his sheep, Ike said, & he used to furnish much car- da food. He said the eagles didn't bother the carcasses at the cattle carcasses near (1/4 mile) the ranch house but did at the sheep car- casses (near Paso Ortiga). August 15,1948 Pinole Land & Cattle Co., S.L.O. Co. Visited ranch run by El McMillan at N. end of Carrio Plains. There was a large cow carcass atop a knoll of plowed ground about 1/4 mile N.E. of the ranch buildings. It smelled very foul & was running juice from both ends. There were many turkey vultures tracks & feathers about but the carcass had scarcely been touched. At 11:00 a.m. there were about 15 turkey vultures over the carcass. Day clear & warm. We went carcass one could look directly into Beartrap Canyon & the condor roosting areas there. We visited El working in the fields. He said that the condors had come down near the house to feed on offal from steer slaughtering not long ago. They were flushed by two people on foot at close range but returned to the forest a few minutes after the people left (Mrs. McMillan saw). El thought it very unusual that the birds re-