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California Condor
Eben Mcmillan
10 september 19
All Condor left the area before 11:30, A.m.
As the condor that had fed flew out and commence
circling it was difficult to distinguish between R
necked birds and adults, especially after they gain
considerable elevation. At one time Ten Condor
were circling above the point where the bent pin
stands. One other Condor had disappeared fly
out to the east and the black-headed condor
still perched in the tree it had lit in when it flew
from the feeding area. This accounted for a sure
count of Twelve Condor. Two of which we knew
to be immature ring-necked birds and one black-head
juvenile. As these condors left the area most
them sailed out to the west for about one mile then
turned North and would have appeared to pass to the
west side of Blue Mountain lookout. After all the
other Condor had gone the black-headed juvenile
out and circled the area for some minutes. It
here that at certain times we could plainly make
out a spot-in-the-wing, after gaining considerable
elevation this Young Condor followed nearly the course
Taken by several of the other Condor with the exception
that this young bird turned North a bit sooner and would have appeared to pass to the
East of Blue Mountain lookout.
I walked to the spot where the Cow Carcasses
and photographed them in situation, then climbed
the surrounding hills taking photos of the
canyon in which the Cow Carcasses were and
also a closer-up of the bent-pine in which 5
Condor sat at one time this morning.
From the amount of feathers and down that
found under the trees in which Condor and -