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-COttinued-
California Condor Eben Mcmillan 25 March 1963
To see the two Condors at the Carcass earlier,
but had not noticed it afterwards being too occupied
with observing the activities of the two birds. This Condor
that now flew in from the East had the same gap
in the left wing that the first bird a found feather
on this sheep Carcass had. I will term it Bird No.
The diagrams below. One of the two Condors not
circling below No.1 showed no gaps in its wing
feathers, and I will term this bird No.2. And the
other of the two last at the Carcass had a feather
missing from the middle of both wings. This bird
will be termed Bird No. III below in the diagrams.
All three birds circled for 10 minutes drifting
southward and when last seen were flying
away southeast by east.
Right Wing Left Wing
Bird No. I
Right Wing
Bird No. III
a feather 2/3 of way out on wing missing
Bird No. II had perfect feathers
a feather very near the center
of the wing missing
this feather 2/3 grown
I think it is the 8th