California condor survey field notes, v1476
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California Condor Continued Eben Mcmillan 22 March-196 of the Central Sierra Nevada. He also said the Indians of the Tule Reservation know and see Condor. I asked about the rumor we had heard regarding an Indian on the Tule Reservation, who some 15 years ago had possessed a young Condor she had found on the Reserv Mr. Sutch had heard of no word that would bring th matter to his mind. Mr. Sutch and the others speak of only seeing Condor in summer and late spring. I am thinking this could be du to no one being in the mountains to speak of due to snow an bad weather. From Mr. Sutches we drove to the home of Till Bryant, in Springville. Mrs. Bryant was born in this area over 70 year ago. Her brother Bob Maxon lives near her and was at her house when we called as was her sister, Mrs. Alex Cole and her cousin Mrs. Camp who lives in Exeter. Mrs. Till Bryant had seen Condor in 1921 and 1936 in the Blue Ridge area of Grouse Valley where her husband and she ran goats. Brother Bob Maxon remembers of Condor coming to feed on pigs that had died of cholera his folks lived near Exeter. He has seen Condor throughout the years he has lived in the general area of Three Rivers and Springville. Mrs. Camp, who lives near Exeter, had, in past years, spent considerable time on a mining claim near Coulterville, in Mariposa County, where she was sure she had seen Condor. A Mr. Walter McLean, who lives 8 miles above Coulterville on old highway 132, is a close friend of Mrs. Georgia Camp. He knows everything that goes on in the Coulterville area and would be helpful to us. Mrs. Camp felt. Mrs. Camp maiden name was Garder. We will get more information from these people later.