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Frazier Mt.
California Condor Eben Mcmillan 4 August 196
elevation easily. Should this bird have continued
on the course it was following when I last saw it it
Should have passed over the arvin, kern County area a
seven thousand feet above the floor of the San Joa
valley and move into either the Bear mountain or
Brackenridge Mountains near their summits. A slight
west wind blew over Frazier mountain as the Condor
made its flight. Should Condor hold this elevation in
passing over the South San Joaquin valley area, they
be very difficult to observe when passing this
area.
I went to Lookout Tower and found that neither Mr
nor Mrs. Calhoun had observed the young Condor as it
flew past their tower. It is doubtful that these
people see Condors unless they come quite close to the
tower. Probably a good bird observer would See Con-
over this mountain much more frequently than do the
Calhouns.
The Calhouns said they would purposely watch for
Condor flying where hunters might shoot at them. I left
top of Frazier mountain at 12:00 noon, lunched at
spillover Camp where most hunters were moving out I
talked with many of the unsuccessful hunters who did
not appear discouraged in any way and were already making
plans on returning next deer season.
into on hunters >
I saw little drinking of alcoholic beverages by
deer hunters in Camp or in the forests. The hunters
were a friendly lot, Generally, lack of any force to
help these people seemed evident. Some attempt
to regiment them as to camping areas, Camping
permits and loaded rifles in cars was evident but
no instance did I see attempts by Public
officials to educate these people as to their