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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