California condor survey field notes, v1476
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p. 168 —Continued— 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