California Condor Eben McMillan 9 July 1963 up to where I was parked and chatted with me briefly, when they continued on I could not relocate the two condor that had drifted Northwestward and were returning when the Cowboys interfered with my observation. I could still see the one condor that had remained circling above the area where four Buzzards were now feeding on the Calf Carcass, I had worked with yesterday, still remained. This Condor was now at a great height. It soon went into a flex- glide and drifted out Eastward and when last sun was circling three or four miles to the Eastward, it now being about 11:20 A.M. I drove to ridge west of Maule Canyon and hiking down to the tree where the two Condor had spent the night, I photographed this tree and picked up one Small Condor feather, on the ground, under this tree. No other feathers or down was in evidence, nor was there any sign of excrement on the tree limbs or on the ground below. I also photographed the general Roosting area in Maule Canyon. At 2:50 P.M. I returned to the Cholame Flats and upon approaching the area where the Calf Carcass was left yesterday, I saw one Condor standing back about 10 feet from the Calf Carcass while four Buzzards picked on the Calf remains. As I stopped the Pickup at the roadside, from whence the Calf Carcass was a good one-half mile away, the Condor gave the appearance of becoming nervous and soon flew the 200 feet and alighted on the same hillside as did the two Condor yesterday evening that were feeding on this Calf Carcass then. This Condor stood still for some time glancing about and at 3:05 P.M. it launched into the air and soon was circling, gaining altitude fast. At 3:10 P.M. this Condor, from a very great height, went into a flex-glide that continued at least until it became so dim I could no longer follow it with the 20 Power Scope, in a due South direction that at the rate this bird was traveling would take it into the bear-trap rocks, 32 miles South, in less than one hour of time. Condor? Same bird as one of three - [illegible]