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California Condor - Continued
scattered about where the blood was. Signs of dragging were evident from where the blood was to where the remains were. Most of the meat been taken and only the hide and bones remained, although Neither of the hind leg had been boned out as seemed to have been the case when eagles or Condor have fed on lamb Carcass.
Leo left the Navajo area at 4:00 p.m., with observing a Condor not a Golden eagle.
In the early morning from 8:30 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. the Sky was mostly clear and the temperature mild; but a raw North wind came up at 11:00 A.M. While low heavy Clouds covered the sun, causing the temperature to drop rapidly and become quite cool.
Most of the Buzzards had left the area by 4:00 p.m.
At 4:40 p.m. while driving on road skirting the Southwest end of Soda Lake, in the Curissa Plains an adult Golden Eagle came flying towards us, about 4 feet off the ground with about 3/4 of a Jack rabbit body in its talons. Flying into a stiff wind the Eagle sat down with its [illegible] about 50 yards in front of my car, and 50 feet from roadways. As I drew even with the eagle it stopped the car. The Eagle glared at me for a few moments then flew up, and away without rabbit remains.
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