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California Condor
Eben McDonald
July 8, 1963
Young Eagle causing it to leave the area to the
Eastward. Both adult Eagles returned to the West after
Chasing the young bird for some distance to the East.
The Ravens when diving at the young Eagle would attempt
to hit the outer tip of its wing as they passed by from
above. The young eagle paid little heed to the Ravens but
did show concern and made effort to get away when the
adult Eagles dove on it. A Swainson's hawk also made
several long dives at the young Golden Eagle.
With no activity about the carcass at 3:00 p.m., I left the area
and drove to Parkfield where Sam Etter told me that he had
never seen a live Condor but that he had seen a dead one once.
Upon being questioned, it developed that Sam Etter had been barrier
by relatives of his, by the name of Brown, who lived
near Granite Station in Kern County, and that when
visiting Mrs. Brown, who is now a widow, he had seen
the carcass of a Condor in a barn on the Brown's
that had been picked up in the hills and brought in and
thrown on some chicken-wire that was stretched across
the hay-mow of this barn. I asked Sam Etter would
it be possible that this Condor carcass could still be
in the barn and he said that it probably was. I will
be here the day after tomorrow.
I drove to the Floyd Taylor Ranch on Turkey Flat and
found Bob Taylor who saw two birds about a month ago
that he thought were Condors, but after looking at my photograph
of Condor he changed his mind. From his description
of the two birds he saw I feel sure they were Young
Golden Eagles. Bob Taylor said it would be alright
if I should use their road to go on top of Castle Hill
to see if Condors were roosting there.
I stopped at Reg Freeman's Hancock Ranch, Reg told
me he saw two young Condor some three weeks ago.
Margaret Brown
Dead Condor
? Condor—9 Not entered