California Condor Eben Nemillan / June-1963 Foggy this morning, but by 8:30 A.M. it had burned off and a nice clear day was in prospect. I left the house at 8:30 A.M. and drove to the San Juan river, below La Panza bridge by 9:30 A.M., via Shell Creek, Cammatta Ranch and Navajo. Upon arriving on the flat, on San Juan river, where the herderless flock of Ewes and lambs, ranges, I noticed few Turkey Buzzards in the air but saw more than 14 of these birds sitting on the CANYON ground in the short [illegible] that come down to the river to the north of 16 Spring, or Oil Seep spring, that is on the west side of San Juan river about two miles north of La Panza Bridge. These Buzzards were sitting on the south facing slopes of these small canyons and some had their wings outstretched sunning them before flight. I left the pickup at the crossing and taking Telephoto Camera and binoculars walked down the river to the spot where the Ewe lay paralyzed near the carcass of the small lamb. This Ewe had turned around on the ground, but was still lying in the same spot breathing very fast and struggling a bit as I approached. I took a rock and killed this Ewe and with my STOMACH knife, opened its stomach cavity. The rear of its left ham had been opened and blood was clotted about the wound. It looked like some mammal had torn the skin and eaten some from this ham as the animal lay there alive. I then walked up the river towards the car finding the well cleaned remains of a lambs carcass lying in the sand in the river bed. No water was on the surface here but the sand was damp and soft. Near the lambs carcass I found tracks of a condor in the soft, damp, sand. These tracks although more than one day old were still legible, as were the tracks of several Turkey Buzzards that had walked here also. I Noticed day tracks crossing the river bed at two different locations with no corresponding man tracks accompanying them. Returning to the car, or pickup, I ate my lunch and was