California Condor Eben McMillan 30 may-1963 History at memorial day Barbecue in the shandon park Today I talked with Billie Marteniz who was born in the avenales area south of MaChesna Mountain about 15 miles Southeast of Pozo, San Luis Obispo, County, Calif. In about 1905 or 1906, who said that his first memory of condors was when he was working for Walter Dunning on the La Panza Ranch, on the San Juan River, when he was a young fellow. He remembers seeing 13 or 14 Condor at a time on this Ranch. Also talked to Paul Freeborn, who lives at old Simmler home of John King, and works as maintenance forman for the California Division of Highways and spends most at his working time driving the highway between the Cammatter Canyon on the West and the Top of the Tamblor Mountain, on the East. He said that about three weeks ago he and his helper were eating lunch on top of red hill south of Cammatta Ranch House when his son John Freeborn came along, from the east, and stopped to ask if he, (Paul Freeborn) had seen the two Condor that were feeding on a dead calf close by the highway, just across highway from La Panza Ranch at the forks of the Santa Margarita and Paso Robles Highways. Paul told his boy they had not seen the two Condors when they drove by but that they were returning that way soon and would look for them as they drove by, when as soon as his son had left Paul and his helper drove to the La Panza Crossing and there saw several) Food - Turkey Vultures and one Condor feeding on the Calf Carcass and one Condor Circling in the Air above. The one Condor That was still at the Carcass Continued to feed as Paul's helper drove up in State truck and stopped, but as they got out of the Truck and walked across the road to get a closer look