p. 180 - continued - California Condor Eben McMillan 10 July 1963 Observations she had made on Condor and turned into the Bakersfield Office. She probably saw Condor. I arrived at the Summer Cow Camp of Charlotte and Hu Smith at 7:00 p.m.. Their camp is about four miles N.O. of Bulk Flat Lookout and on the Southwest end of the Greenhorn mountain complex. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are lifelong residents of the Post Creek and White River drainage and both are very qualified Observers, kn a good deal about all aspects of Natural History in their area and possessing a great interest in the welfare of all wildlife and plants. Hugh Smith thought Condor came to the Granite Station area about the time Squirrel Poisoning is started each spring; in May and June that would be. He thought Condor much more plentiful in the 1940's and 1950's than is the case today. He thinks that the killing of Coyotes with 1080 Poison, through their eating the Poisoned squirrel bait led to the great increase in Deer, in his area, in the last fifteen years. Hugh Smith said he thought Condor came from far to the South to feed in his area. Hugh Smith was born near Jack Ranch, on White River, some 8 miles North of Woody. Kern County, Calif. in 189 His father, who was a great hunter, told Hugh of seeing Condor since 1893. His father also told him of seeing a Condor that had been shot. This sometime in the 1890's. Hugh Smith remembers seeing Eagle and Condor wings stretched out on the side of a barn at the Burton Ranch, four miles Northeast of the Jack Ranch, in 1904. Hugh Smith saw Condor quite regularly up until five or six years ago. Both Hugh and Charlotte Smith thought the Country was much more open in the early years of 1900 to 1920. A few scattered big Oaks where now are small, and thick, and brush species have come in, Squirrel Poison thinking of H. Smith Condor shot Condor wings