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California Condor Eben McMillan 10 July 1963
Never done, although Mrs. Brown wondered what became of
several of the large wing primates.
I told Mrs. Brown that I would return tomorrow afternoon and
take possession of the Condor Carcass in her barn and go about
seeing that the proper authorities were alerted to its presence
and that it would be used only in the interests of science.
Driving through the Poso Flats area to the east of Grant
Station I met a Mr. Johns moving cattle along the roadway.
Inquired of him about Condor in his area. He told me of
seeing three Condor on the mountain above East end of Poso Flats
last spring. One Condor was a hen and the other a rooster. He
did not infer how he differentiated between the sexes nor
what the third bird was. He will be on the lookout for Condor.
Driving to Oak Flat Lookout of U.S. Forest Service, via
Eugene grade, I met Helen King an elderly lady of
70 years who operates this Lookout during the summer
months. She has not seen Condor from this Lookout this year.
She saw only three Condor last year. In years prior to
1962 she saw more Condor then now. Many Condor in a
flock have passed by this Lookout in former years according
to Mrs. King.
Mrs. King was lookout on Tobias Peak, that is north of
Posey in southern Tulare County in the years 1946 to
1952—saw Condor very seldom there. She was stationed
on Cook Peak Lookout in the summer of 1952. Saw
no Condor when on Cook Peak, that is about four miles
southeast of Isabella, Kern Co., Calif.
Helen King questioned my knowledge of Condor. She
advised me that yearling Condor are all black.
At 2 years old Condor are getting some red on their back.
at three years old Condors are full adults. She also
advised me that there are Two kinds of Buzzard.
big ones are large and are not Buzzards. They are
Condor —
Condor hen -?
not entered —
Yearling Condor??
described
(2 kinds of Buzzards)