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California Condor
Eben McMillian
9 September 1963
After standing up this condor aired, or sunned one wing at a time. This was necessary due to the tree trunk preventing the inside wing from being stretched out. In order to circumvent this problem the condor after sunning one wing would bend itself on the limb then sun the other wing, which after turning around was now on the outer side of the tree. See diagram on preceding page.
At 9:35 A.M. An adult condor flew into the dead pine where a black headed condor and a ring-necked bird had been perched. This adult alighted on the same limb as the ring-necked bird sat and after some crowding and flapping of wings the ring-necked bird flew to another pine 200 yards southwest and lit in among the branches where I could see it no more.
At 9:40 A.M. an adult condor with big gap in its left wing came pumping out of the canyon, passed over me and commenced circling over Fairnswor buildings.
At 9:42 adult condor with gap in center of right wing out of canyon pumping and commenced circling.
At 9:43 A.M. an adult condor with no missing wing feathers came out of canyon and joined the other two that were circling above us.
At 9:50 A.M. an adult condor from the bottom position on pine flew out to the eastward and dropped from sight behind hill. I did not see if feathers were missing from its wings.
At 9:50 A.M. another adult condor came over me from the North with gaps in the feathers of both wings.
I feel quite sure this is the condor that flew north and lit pine tree north of road leading up canyon past Fairnsworn barn early this morning when Ian and I flushed it.