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California Condor Eben McMillan 31 July 1963
of beartrap rocks from 10:05 to 10:10 a.m. Two different
-toned Eagle calls could be distinguished. At 10:25 a.m. an
Eagle (Golden) circled the high point of beartrap rock for one minute
then drifted out at sight southward. At 11:45 a.m. Two Buzzards
dashed about on the wind currents, high above the beartrap rocks
from 11:45 to 11:55 a.m., although it was hot and calm down
in the canyon bottom there must have been strong air
up above where the Buzzards were judging from the way
they were buffeted about.
I left the canyon area at 11:55 a.m. and hiked up
above pyramid rock and took up a watch on top of
rock just under the main rock mass and directly below
the main point of beartrap rock. I remained at this
location until 5:30 p.m. A buzzard was seen
flying about the area on two occasions during the
afternoon and many white-throated swifts dashed about,
but otherwise the area was absent of birds in flight.
Leaving the beartrap rocks I arrived at the place where
I had left the pickup truck at 7:00 p.m., while passing down
the beartrap creek, en route to pickup, one adult Mountain
Quail and nine young that were about 3/4 grown showed
tiny fear of me and fled and moved about within a
foot of where I stood, motionless, in the trail. A
Poor-Will was flushed from the trail up which I had passed
about mid-day without seeing this bird. One Coyote
started from the trail in front of me as I passed through
one of the grass covered flats along beartrap creek. The
Coyote stopped running and returned. Suspiciously, it
toward me as I started forward, only to dash up the hillside, into
the brush when appearing to catch the scent of my boots.
Juke Martin has shipped in some very poor Mexican
food for Condor. Would be furnished by the
No Buzzards were at the Sharp remains at Lapanza Ranch.