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Tehachapi
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California Condor.
Eben McMillan
24 July 1963
Food
Fed on this Bull Carcass. A man, who said he was
from the Fish and Game department came by and said to
Phillips - "Why you have all the Condors in existence
right here on your ranch". The man told Mr. Phillips that there was only
supposed to be 280 or 30 Condor alive in existence. Mr. Phillips told the
Fish and Game man that someone was wrong for he (Phillips) had
seen many more than 30 Condor together several times. The
Fish and Game man then inquired of Mr. Phillips if he knew where
the Condor roosted. Mr. Phillips said that he told the man that
only a week before, in the late evening, he was riding in
the upper reaches of Charlie Moore Canyon, a tributary of
White Rock Creek, and saw the Condor coming in to roost
in large live Oak trees that grew there. The Fish and Game
man then went to Charlie Moore Canyon and upon returning
told Vic Phillips that what he saw there would have seemed
incredible had he not went and seen for himself. Vic Phillips thought
the Fish and Game man told him he had counted 80 or more
Condor in Charlie Moore Canyon. Phillips can't remember the
number the man gave as seeing but it was above 80 Condor
he felt sure.
Before the Fish and Game man went to Charlie Moore
Canyon to see the Condor roost he had taken a photo
of Two Condor, one Grote, several Buzzards and a
number of Raven, all feeding on the Bull Carcass at the
same time. He told Phillips he would send him a print of
this negative but Phillips never received the print.
Vic Phillips saw two Condor flying one mile south of Tehachapi
about one year ago.
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Vic Phillips, about 30 years ago, saw Two Condor catch
a Jackrabbit near Tehachapi. He told me that on this occasion
he was riding houseback down a roadway when a
Young Jackrabbit got up out of the brush near the
roadside and ran down the road before Phillips. A Condor -