California condor survey field notes, v1476
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p.260 -Continued- 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-