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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