Page 142 Nawajo - Continued - California Condor Eban McMillian 28 June 1963 Feeding [illegible] [illegible] In the area where the Sheep Carcass on which the Condor this morning had probably fed and where the Young Condor fed Yesterday, I left the pickup here at the crossroad point and taking Telephoto 35 camera and Binoculars hiked up the Canyon and came out on the hilltop from where photographed the young Condor yesterday. This adult Condor was picking at the Sheep Carcass on the hillside that by now was mostly skin and bones. I got behind a small bush and raising up took several shots of the Condor and 5 or 6 Turkey Buzzards that were gathered about the remains with the Condor. The Buzzards did not move in and feed with this adult Condor as they did with the Young bird yesterday When one of the Buzzards would attempt to move in and feed the Condor would strike a threatening pose then move towards the Buzzard that would then loose no time in running back out of the way 80 feet. As this Condor fed it would stop at frequent intervals to look around and make sure all was clear. Usually it would look up at intervals of every 12 or 13 seconds but sometimes it would feed for 30 seconds before looking up and at other times it would look up every 7 or 8 seconds. The hide and bones now being quite dry would have lost most of its weight. The Condor would shake and throw it around as it fussed for what morsels of flesh still remained on the bones. At 1:05 p.m. the Condor walked up the hillside from the Sheep Carcass and stood looking out my way. A standing still for about 30 seconds it opened its wings, held them high and then beat the air with them for 3 or four strokes. I was amazed to see how -