Page 50 California Condor Continued- Eben McMillan 25 march 196 I drove up Navajo Ridge and down to the upper Navajo well near where all the sheep had died from cold a few days back. Several Turkey vultures were still about the area some of which were feeding on a lamb carcass. Most of the frozen sheep carcass were still intact never having been fed upon by any scavengers; and the area reeked with the smell of rotting flesh. I then drove to the highway, via Navajo Creek, and headed East. As I passed the sheep carcass. Referenced to before, an adult condor flushed from it and beating its wings frantically flew down the canyon towards the LaRanza, staying just to the north of the road as it went and gaining little altitude until it had flown about 2/3 of a mile, when it crossed the road in front of me at about 200 ft. altitude and commenced to circle and gain height. I stopped the pickup and tried a 35 mm snap of this bird only to find I was out of film. While this condor made several circles above me, it clearly made out a gap in its left wing where the 8th primary had fallen and had now only grown back in about 2/3 of its final length. This bird had a well defined gray bar on the back of the wings. This bird when first seen seemed very frightened but once above me it seemed confident of itself. It was 1:55 P.M. when this bird was first sighted. After circling for about 5 minutes it returned and circled above the [illegible] Sheep carcass for about 5 minutes when it flew away towards the Southeast. I watched it going away with the 20 power scope. It would there in a direct line for perhaps five minutes then circle several times, gaining altitude, and