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Oak Flat Lookout -
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California Condor Eben Mcmillan 28 August 1963
many People have Seen Condor in past years.
No One at home at the Record Ranch.
Helen King, of Oak Flat Lookout had seen no Condor
since I was there last. Several buzzards circled abo
the Oak Flat Lookout at 5:00 p.m. Helen King thought
buzzards were becoming scarce. She thinks some hav
gone south already.
(Condorsitu-)
Stopping at the summer camp of Remic [illegible] Albitie
I found Remic at home with his four dogs - several hors
many pigs, and a small flock of game chickens. Remic
had seen no Condor this year. He claims to have seen ca
Nearly every year since he was a young fellow (he is
now about 50 years old) in the foothill country below
Granite Station and Woody. He could not remember
ever having seen a Condor on Gravhorn Mountain.
He claims to have seen five or six Golden Eagles th
had been electrocuted on the high power lines th
run through the foothills in the Granite Station-Woody area.
Golden Eagle remained spread across Electric Electric
until it dried and fell apart. Mr. [illegible] Albitrie this
Condors probably get electric electrocuted on Power
lines. He never saw a Condor dead near an electri
Power line. Remic Albitrie shoots hawks that bot
his chickens, and Quail, that frequent his land. The li
Bullet Hawk is the worst, he says. He also claimed that
Squirrel Hawks (Red-Tailed) were bad on chickens once th
get started. Mr. Albitrie also said that Eagles Cate
some young lambs as well as deer. He indicated
his antagonism towards Predators and probably
Shoots them whenever he has the chance; but probably no
in the presence of Others for one can tell from Remic'
talk that he feels Public Opinion would not support him
in this type of thinking. He knows hawks and owls are pro
(Electrocuted Eagles -)
(Predators)