California Condor Eben Dachmillan 21 August 1963 It turned quite cool last night and a brisk west wind blew until dawn. Several automobiles—pickups and Jeeps were heard and seen going over the roads throughout the night. Some of these were probably night hunting. A covey of about 15 mountain quail passed through the campground before sunrise doing much calling en route. A Pigmy Owl that had answered my call last evening, again answered from the pine forest in the canyon to the northeast of the Campground. Great horned Owls also called last night. I drove out along the ridge to the end of the road on East Frazier and hiked into the area where Mr. Calhoun had observed Condor alighting on Aug. 15th. Two other cars were parked near where I left my pickup. These, no doubt, belonged to hunters who were hunting for deer in this area. From 7:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M., I searched the mountainside that was below the opening pointed out to me last night, by Mr. Calhoun as the place where he had seen the Condors on the 15th, but I could find no evidence of anything leading to what might have been the carcass of a dead animal on which said Condors might have fed. Human tracks were quite common on the trails along the ridge-top but tended to become scarce, or negative, as one dropped down the mountainside away from the roadway. Several deer were observed during the morning, all of which dashed away as soon as they saw me. No birds were seen of a size that would be important during my search in the canyon. Returning to my pickup I drove back to the lookouts on Frazier mountain and arrived at the tower at 11:50 A.M. Mr. Calhoun Called to me as soon as I arrived, to hurry up into the tower and see the five Condor he was watching. This I did. When I reached the glass enclosed room at the top of the Tower, Mr. Calhoun was looking out to the west with binoculars. I immediately joined him in his watch. Two Condor were then circling above the