p-191 -continued- Tehachapi California Condor Eben McMillan 16 July 1963 these birds a man drove up in a station wagon and informed them that the birds were California Condor and that he had been following them for some time. Told these two gentlemen that he worked for the Gover and that he was studying condor. He had camping equipment in his automobile. He also told Mr. Cuddeback and Mr. Davis that condor will stop overnight at times such as this group were doing, and that at a certain Time in the morning they would move on. Sure enough, following morning Cuddeback and Davis returned to the flat where the Condor spent the night and at the hour predicted by the Condor follower last night, the group of condor took to the air and flew out to the West an out of sight. According to Sam Cuddeback there were 12 condor in this group. Sam Cuddeback is an observing man. He told me about seeing Starling in the Tehachapi Valley two oth years ago and at that time did not know what they were. also knew cow-birds as little blackbirds and he ha Noted the change in the color on the shoulder of Red w blackbirds in spring as well as noting the change the volume of the early morning call of B Martins (King birds). He surprised me with this question, you noticed how so many birds are becoming scarce late years". The very fact that he only saw condor on one occasion would satisfy me that Condors come into the Tehachapi Valley. Charles Powell, 69 years old, and a lifetime resident of the Tehachapi Valley and for many years an owner of a cattle outfit in Cache Creek and Sand Canyon, to the North and East of Monolith, told me he only saw Condor once was in Oak Creek Canyon, to the south and east of Tehachapi, about 20 years ago, when he came upon 50 Condor feed