California condor survey field notes, v1476
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my view as they rounded a point in this canyon. Soon the Raven returned, but no Condor. I then walked across the river and entered a steep sided gully that led up into the Canyon where the Condor had passed from view. After passing up this gully some distance and after a lapsed time of about 5 minutes since I had last seen it - the Young Condor came flapping down the Canyon and circled several times at the mouth, above me, giving opportunity for me to take several Telephoto shots of it as it flew above me. At times, as its gyrations would bring it near near the steep sides of the Canyon mouth at would come so close to the ground that a thought it lightning, but it would skim past [illegible] among the atriplex busks, and Juniper trees, and always manage to keep airborne - When this young Condor first came down the river it was 11:45 A.M.. The bird had a black head - very brownish feathers, especially on the back - the feet were very light and easily seen, and no white line could be noticed on ventral portion of wing. The underside's of the wings were mottled with a dirty white and no light spot could be seen at outer part of wing either ventrally or underside. I felt it had to be a last years Young Condor. At 12:20 P.M. this Young Condor, after circling several minutes about the mouth of the steep Canyon into which a Raven had driven it, drifted out above the center of the river valley, circled here gaining elevation quickly and soon sailed out to the eastward about a mile where it circled again briefly then commenced to drift to the Northwest slowly and worked its way back to the river area from where it took a straight line to the