California Condor Eben McMillan 19 June 1963 The flock of Ewes with small lambs is still on the San Juan river below the La Panza Bridge on Highway 178. No dead sheep were seen here this morning. Two Turkey Buzzards were seen feeding on the Sheep Carcass that lay on the flat where the fence crosses ½ mile below La Panza bridge—this sheep had died about three months ago. This flock of lambs and Ewes are Penned every night from signs left about. As I Passed over the La Panza Bridge heading Towards Carrissa plains at 11:45 A.M. I saw a fellow with Pants rolled up to his knees wading in the creek above the bridge—This may have been a new herder left to Care for this flock, as all other sheep seem to have been shipped away from the Navajo and San Juan River lands of Rudnick Trust. Two sheep had died within the week out of a flock belonging to Asparin and Marting that are running in old Canyon, a tributary of the San Juan river that joins the San Juan 2 miles south of La Panza Bridge and is on the east side of the San Juan Valley—The herder here said he had seen no large birds feeding on the sheep bodies—he said several butthe (Buzzard) had come to the carcass farthest from his camp and that many Corvus (C (Raven) had fed on this body also. The sheep body nearest his camp— about 200 yards—had been dead two days and had not been fed on by anything yet. I went to the Carcass of the Sheep that had died about ½ mile away from the Shepherds Camp and quite high on a hill above his camp. There were indications that many carrion birds had fed on this Carcass. At this carcass I found a feather that I think was from a Condor—one of the plume-like upper tail Coverts, many down-like feathers were scattered on the ground for some distance from this carcass and the grass well matted down showing that many birds had been stepping about this body. The Shepherd told me he would watch for Condor and Corvus should any come to feed on the Carcass near his camp. He also said that although he had seen Two Coyotes lately—nothing had bothered his flock of Young Ewes and a few Buck Sheep.