California condor survey field notes, v1476
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A229 -continued- Mt. Gibbs District California Condor Eben McMillan 3 August 1963 service at Fillmore. Was at this Check Station. He mentioned having met Jan and stated that Jan had mentioned asking the Forest Service office in [illegible] Santa Barbara if later in the fall they would allow him to accompany us on an inspection trip to the nests he knew of in the Fillmore Sespe area. He stated that he would be glad to help us out in the way if permission could be obtained from his supervisor. Game Warden Fisher, of Taft, showed up at the station. He said he would keep his eye out for Condor and pass on to me any information he might come across that would be of help to us the Condor study. While I was at this station, at 2:30 p.m., a fire was reported at La Panza, in San Luis Obispo County and word was received that a hunter had been killed near Reyes Creek in Lockwood Valley. I drove to Chuchopate Ranger Station where all was in a turmoil due to the La Panza Fire so I drove on To the top of Frazier Mountain and met Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun who man the Lookout Station atop Frazier the U.S. Forest Service. The following is a duplicate of a Condor report they sent in to Headquarters for July 1963 7/8/63 = One = headed N.E. 7/11/63 = One = " S.W. 7/17/63 = Two = " N.W. 7/19/63 = One = " S 7/27/63 : Three : " N.W. 7/29/63 : Three : " S.W. Mr. Calhoun said the Condors in passing his Lookout usually circle in the area near his post and at Times approach quite close. On one occasion last year during deer hunting season he watched a Condor passing quite low along the Southeast flank of