Page 52 California Condor, Continued Eben Millman 25 march 196 been feeding, this only about 20 minutes after I had left this same area. As I drove past two adult Condor ran from the Carcass up, seeing my car, but not taking flight. Several Turkey Vultures were standing at some distance from the Carcass. I drove by and stopped my pick truck, out of sight, at the entrance to NAVAJO field. I then took Telephoto Camera and binocular and walked along a ridge, keeping out of sight of the spot where the Condors were. The Buzzards were flying out of the draw as I approached and a car passed on the highway. As I approached the end of this ridge I saw the Condors Loping up another ridge that went up from where the sheep carcass was and towards the Northwest. On first sight several small Oak trees were between me and the Condors, more or less hiding me from car sight. Continuing to walk, trot, lope, and stop now and then, both Condor continued up this ridge and came out in full view of me. By now I was sitting down and snapping film of the birds and watching them. Now and then one of these birds would stop, slide over forward, and rub its back on the ground or grass. This was done four times. The birds now appeared to see me but paid no particular attention. They were very agile a foot and could run up the hill easily. The bird behind would open its wings holding them aloft when running quickly. Their legs appeared an ashy grey and contrasted considerably against the green grass. The light bar, on top of the wings, was easily observable. The birds (Condor) gave the impression of being very intelligent, walking