California Condor Eben McInillan 2 June-1963 The sun came up Clear and warm - after picking up some plaster of Paris at Highway Drug in Paso Robles I drove to San Juan Creek, below La Penza Bridge, on highway 178 - and checked the sheep carcass above Swallow Rock that I had killed with a rock and opened its stomach cavity yesterday. 19 Turkey Buzzards were feeding on this carcass when I drove up at 1:30 p.m. The Carcass was already well cleaned and it could be that Condor had been here earlier in the day - then drove to creek bed of San Juan River where the young Condor had lit yesterday, near Noon, and there took plaster of Paris casts of three different Condor Tracks. The temperature on the San Juan River was on the Warm side and the Ewes and Lambs were seeking the shade of the Cottonwood trees. I think, from the looks of things, that the Camp-tender and another Shepherd are now corraling the Ewes and Lambs at night, for I saw signs in the wire corral that looked like sheep had been Runned there at night - This may explain why the Coyotes have killed no more Lambs. Jack Gains Phoned Collect from Fillmore Stating that he would not be able to accompany us into The Hole (in the wall), this week as he couldn't get his days off changed and also a school graduation of a relative would Conflict. We said that the Audubon Staff had been with him on Memorial day, on the road that goes along the top of Hopper Mountain. It was a Cold & Foggy day and no Condor were seen - The day after Memorial day - May 31, a group from the Golden Gate Audubon Society, who had Camped in the Squaw Flat area, Saw 15 Condor on that day - Jack Gains also said he was lining up some help for us in the Greenhorn mountain area east of Bakersfield. Jack seems to feel he's a Part of this research team -