California condor survey field notes, v1476
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californi'a Condor Eben Mcmillan 28 march George Newsom, of Priest Valley - Online between Monterey and San Joaquin Counties, called at 1:00 p.m. today in reference to engaging me to show my film at the Priest Valley Farm Bureau in June. In the course of the conversation he told me of seeing a Condor, in a field, in Priest Valley, about two days ago, that acted queerly. Newsom said the Condor was across a ditch from him, but that he drove up quite close to it in a Jeep and that the Condor stood opening its mouth as a turkey will on a hot day and paid little attention to be or the Jeep. Newsom said he left the area with the Condor still sitting in the place where he first saw it and has not been back since. I re-phoned Newsom at 9:30 p.m. this evening, encouraging him to keep watch for this bird and should he see it again, dead or alive, to call me collect, immediately. Mr. Newsom spoke of the Condors Yellow head. This gives some evidence that this was a Condor, along with the fact that he mentioned having seen the Condor that used to be on the Cholame flats when he worked there some 20 odd years ago. He mentioned having seen three Condor on a Cattle Trough on the side of the Cholame Valley next to Gene Rambo's Property - Condor were about this area in those years.