California condor survey field notes, v1476
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California Condor Eben McMillan 4 July 1963 and his wife are very interested and would like to know more about all birds. Mr. Seydon will keep his eye open for Condor Signs and also report to us anything he hears relating to Condor in that AREA He also told me that Helen King, an elderly lady who has been on Oak Flat Lookout for at least 10 summers, told him of seeing 50 plus Condor in that area in 1961. He also told me of learning of Condors in the 8th and 9th Grades in school in Modoc County where he attended school. I met Roy Stephansen and Robt. Carver at the Kern County Fire Control Station in Glennville who reported not having seen Condor this year. Mr. Carver lives near Granite Station and was one of the men who carried the bodies out to an Ambulance, from the Airplane wreck in which the Common Lodu was involved, last spring. He also told me, Mr. Carver that is, that the Condor that had been held captive in Bakersfield at the home of State Game Warden Mr. Shackelford, was found near his home and that it had been banded before it was taken into Bakersfield. Carver thought it had a broken leg, but he was not sure. He stated that a dead cow was near where this Condor had been captured. Carver also stated that Judge Stockton of Bakersfield had fed rabbits to this Condor and that the Condor had eaten the rabbits. Could it be that this Condor—a young bird—had become gorged with food and became ill and thought to be dead and captured while it could have managed to survive if left alone? Telephoned Mansion Vincent from Woody. Mr. Vincent told me of seeing two Condor over his home on June 13, 1963. Mr. Vincent has never seen Condor in the mountains where they run their cattle in the Summer time. Home at 7:30 p.m.