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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—