California Condor Eben McMillan 15 June 1963 We were up with the sun - The wind that blew all night, strongly abated after sunrise. A great variety of bird life was about our camp. We were surprised to see and hear house finches and Bullock's orioles in this isolated a situation - No Starling. After re-assessing the damage about the camp done by hunters and campers we drove out along the ridge Towards the East, following the well kept road that keeps to the ridge-top whenever possible - Good conditions for Condor roosting are available along both sides of this ridge out as far as the Elizabeth Canyon Road where we turned North and dropped down into Pine Canyon where we stopped at a roadhouse whose proprietor told us about a high net wire cyclone fence we had noticed along the highway. He said this fence had been constructed by an official of the Edison Company who enjoying seeing deer about his house and not being able to keep them in the area where he lived due to shooting along the roads by hunters, had put up this high fence to keep the hunters out. This did not prevent shooting, for a deer was shot inside this fence by someone from the road, even though the deer could not be retrieved. The proprietor told us of a bullet passing through the back of his establishment passing through three walls and lodging in the fourth. Real Estate developments are scattered throughout the Pine Canyon area their signs lining the roads in places. Pine Canyon also seems to be developing fast as a retreat for weekend people from the Los Angeles area who buy small acreages here and build Cabins and generally improve their property on weekends. Then crossed the Antelope Valley