california condor Eben McInillan 13 August 1963 AN EAST WIND WAS BLOWING WHEN I LEFT HOME AT 1:15 P.M. ENROUTE TO GLENVILLE, KERN COUNTY. THIS WAS THE FIRST SIGN OF THE PREVAILING EAST WIND THAT BLOWS IN THE TEMBLOR-CHOLANCE AREA THROUGHOUT THE FALL AND WINTER MONTHS. I ARRIVED AT WOODY AT 3:30 P.M., STOPPING AT THE KERN COUNTY FIRE STATION THERE, WHERE THE ATTENDING CREW TOLD ME THAT NO CONDOR HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THEM, NOR SEEN BY THEM, THIS YEAR. ONE FELLOW SAID THAT THE BEST PLACE TO SEE CONDOR WAS IN THE AREA ABOUT GRANITE STATION. NEITHER REMIC NOR DOROTHY ALLBRITE WERE AT HOME. ON ROAD FROM WOODY TO GLENVILLE I MET J.D. MORROW, AN OLD TIME RESIDENT OF THE WOODY-GLENVILLE AREA WHO HAD NEVER SEEN CONDOR IN THIS AREA, BUT HAD SEEN THEM FREQUENTLY AT THE NORTH END OF THE POSO CREEK OIL FIELDS WHERE HE OWNS PROPERTY. HE SAID THAT THE CONDOR COME TO THE NORTH OIL FIELDS IN THE SPRING. FOUR OR FIVE CONDOR ARE THE MOST HE HAD EVER OBSERVED IN ONE FLOCK. MR. MORROW SEEMS INTERESTED IN BIRDS. HE KNOWS RED-TAILED HAWKS AND BUZZARDS. HE CONFIDED TO ME THAT HIS WIFE IS NUTS ON NATURE. I ARRIVED AT THE FARNSWORTH RANCH THAT IS LOCATED ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTH OF GLENVILLE, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA WHILE WATCHING FOR CONDOR AT THIS SITE AT 5:10 P.M. AN ADULT CONDOR WITH TWO SECONDARY FEATHERS MISSING FROM ITS RIGHT WING CAME SLOWLY FROM THE SOUTH AND CONTINUED ONWARD IN THE SAME DIRECTION OUT OF SIGHT. THIS CONDOR HAD A GAP IN THE SECONDARY FEATHERS ABOUT HALF WAY OUT ON THE RIGHT WING AND ANOTHER GAP IN THE RIGHT WING SECONDARIES ABOUT 1/4 WAY OUT FROM THE BODY. SEE DIAGRAM. Right wing Left wing AT 5:15 P.M. ANOTHER ADULT CONDOR CAME FROM THE SOUTH, SLOWLY, AND IT TOO CONTINUED ONWARD TO THE NORTH OUT OF SIGHT. THIS CONDOR HAD A GAP BETWEEN THE 6TH AND 8TH PRIMARY ON THE RIGHT WING. SEE DIAGRAM J.P. A MODERATE BREEZE WAS BLOWING FROM THE NORTHWEST. ONE OF