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Carcass. Perhaps a horse I had Staked within 125
Yards of the Carcass could have done something that
Startled them. The Condor and the Buzzards came down
the canyon and after passing directly over me quite low
all commenced to circle about 200 yards to the East of
house. Several of the Buzzards returned, after Circling
Times, To feed on the Cat Carcass. The Condor and Two
Buzzards Continued to circle while gaining altitude.
The Condor, after getting good altitude came Stowl
Westward and hovered, nearly Stationally, over the
area where the Several Buzzards fed on the Cat Carcass,
turning slowly divied back 200 yards East of my house
and then turning Southward dipped its wings and made
the short dive that usually proceeds the going into a
flat glide. In the flat glide this condor passed from
sight at 2:24 p.m., heading for Machesna Mountain
and Beartrap Rocks some 25 miles due south of my
home.
This Condor, an adult, with feathers separated on both
wing, but with no primaries missing, is, I think, one of
the Condors that has been observed in the
San Juan River near La Panza Ranch and on the
Cholame flats by me within the last Two Months