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California Condor
Eben Mcmillan
14 august 13
Condor
food -
The Next morning Mrs. Farnsworth saw four Condor
picking at this same calf carcass.
At 9:15 A.M. on 11 August 1963 Mrs. Farnsworth saw
one adult condor feeding on the carcass of a dead, n
calf 1/4 mile northwest of the Farnsworth home.
five Condors, one of which was a black juvenile
Circled above this location. Mrs. Farnsworth
quite sure these were different than the four Con
that fed on the dead calf 1/4 mile south of the rock
for she returned to see the six condor on the
ground about the dead calf northwest of
home after she had observed the four Condor
feeding on the calf 1/4 mile south of the rock Corra
While riding this morning with Mrs. Evelyn Farnsworth
her Jeep I was told, by her, the series of events
led to her claim that Condor kill calves. It seems th
Condors kill calves ?
in 1948, early of a morning, Mrs. Farnsworth in the
of inspecting their cows that were in the process
Calving, Came upon a freshly born calf that was stand
up and appeared, in all respects, to be healthy. This
on the White River Ranch of the Farnsworths that is ea
in Tolaire County south of the Town of White River. In the
evening Mrs. Farnsworth returned to this same spot
find 19 Condor at this location feeding on the
carcass of a calf that she feels sure it was the
same one she saw standing in the morning. M.
Farnsworth feels the evidence gathered in this instance's
sufficient to establish the fact that Condor will
kill Calves. She does feel that this was a rare
instance and one that probably Condors do not
Calves does not condemn Condor as a beast
enemy of Calves. She claims not to have ever sit
at cowboy even though she feared to have them amo-