p. 247 - continued - California Condor Eben McMillan 9 August 1963 that come close to their stations would know it was a Condor for from their testimony some Condor come very close to their buildings. Undoubtedly no one would mistake identifying a Condor if came within 100 feet of where they sit or stand. Condor Condor At 11:45 A.M. an adult condor was seen, from Oak Flat Lookout, slowly moving [illegible] into a west wind about 1/2 mile to the Southwest of the Lookout and drifting out to the Northwest. The air must have been quite unstable for this Condor was having considerable trouble remaining stable in flight. It was seen out of the horizontal quite frequently and the wing-tips were being continually dipped and raised alternately as the bird would raise and lower while it was drifting onward. After passing out to the Northwest for about 1/2 mile the Condor then turned and moved Northward some 1/2 mile and when last seen was sailing into a canyon to the North of the Lookout. The Condor had lost considerable elevation as it passed from view. The damp ground, following the rain of yesterday, moistened things in the Oak Flat area quite well, was probably partially responsible for the unstable air today. Buzzards that I watched this morning were very unstable and were zooming up and down all the while appearing much like a paper bag in a dust devil. The Condor was last seen at 12:05 P.M. as it passed from sight going into the Canyon to the North. I drove down from Oak Flat to the Rancheria area where I parked on a hilltop about one mile to the Northwest of the Roger Ranch from where