California condor survey field notes, v1476
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California Condor. Eben McMillan 14 August 1963 her cattle. Of late years Mrs. Farnsworth has developed an interest in Condor and now is a strong influence Glennville in their protection here in the Glennville area. Mrs. Farnsworth thinks there would be no Cattlemen in the Glennville, Woody-White River, or Granite Station area that would shoot Condor. At 11:30 A.M. I took up a watch of the Canyon where the dead Cow was, 3/8th of a mile Southeast of the Farnsworth home. At 12:10 P.M., an adult Condor was seen circling above the Farnsworth home in company of 15 plus buzzards. This Condor was quite high but I could see that there was a feather missing in the left wing about 3/5 of the way out from the body. At 12:20 P.M. Too adult Condor flew in and lit on a tall bent pine that grows on the ridgeline south of where the Cow carcass lay. At 1:15 P.M., the lower of the two Condor in this pine glided down and after three circles dropped out of sight among the Oak trees where the Cow Carcass lay. As this Condor dropped in several buzzards flew up out of the area where carcass was. At 1:35 P.M. More Condor came in. It was very difficult to determine how many Condor now came for in watching the first bird that came in. Others were in and perched in trees when I took my glasses from this bird. The Condor that had dropped in to feed on the Carcass from now came pumping out of the Canyon. The swish of the wings being plainly heard at a distance of 250 yards away. Another Condor dropped down into the Oaks by the Cow carcass. Soon another Condor did likewise. At 1:45 P.M. another adult Condor came down from high above with legs hanging and wings drawn in, dropped on down into canyon near Cow Carcass and landed on the limbs of a dead Oak tree that stands about 70 feet—