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California Condor
Eben McMillan
21 August 1963
weeks.
I lunched at upper hunter-overflow campground. The couple
who slept in their pickup truck last night were also here and having
lunch. They had seen no deer. Had done no shooting. Thought they
would never come to Frazier Mountain again to hunt due to the
scarcity of deer.
I stopped at Chuckupate Ranger Station at the foot of Frazier
Mountain grade and looked up Bill Harper who gave me
the Condor Notes he had compiled in 1957-58-59 while he was
Condor warden in the Fillmore, Sespe area. Bill Harper was
happy to let us have the notes and is looking forward to the
time when he can accompany Jan and me into the
Lower Sespe and Hopper Canyon Country to check on the
known Condor Nests he had under observation when he
was patrolling the Condor Refuge.
Mr. Harper told me he left the Condor warden job due
to his having a chance at advancement in pay that
would not be forthcoming should he remain in the position
of Condor warden. He said he liked the job during the
time he worked at it and that he was never unhappy
with any aspect of the work he performed there.
Mr. Harper told me of knowing a fire warden who
admitted having shot a condor just to see what it looked
like. Harper thinks Condors are shot on occasions, mostly
by people who know nothing of this bird.
I drove to Gorman, on Highway 99 - passed up then
drove to Old Ridge Route at Sandburg where I checked with Philip
Goodell of L.A. Fire Dept., who had seen no Condor this year. I phoned
Liebene Mary Stahl, attendant at Liebene Mountain Lookout who recorded a
Condor on 22 July 1963 at 15:40 o'clock heading westward as it passed
her station.
I drove to Neenach, in the Antelope Valley, where I checked with
one shepherd who had seen no Condor. I camped for the