California Condor. Eben J. Millan 11 September 1963 At a fruit stand east of Potterville the proprietor had a juvenile Red-Tailed-Hawk in a cage. He knew it was a Red-Tailed Hawk and he also knew that all hawks were Protected. He knew that Golden Eagles were protected and that the offence for killing an Eagle would be a federal offence 5000 dollars would be the fine and Jail term also. He also knew that Condor range in the foothills to the cast of Potterville and he thought the offence for shooting a Condor would be ten thousand dollars and a jail term also. He thought any man that would chance shooting a Condor would have to be either Crazy, or else a fool. He did not mention having a permit to possess the hawk. I doubt that he has one. In Potterville we stopped at the office of Eldon Ball, supervisor of the Sequoia National Forest. Mr. Ball had not been alerted regarding our Condor study. He stated that where many of his men, that work in the forests, are capable of making arrests, they, nevertheless, leave the enforcement of game laws up to the California Division of Fish and Game. Mr. Ball also stated that sightings of Condor in the Sequoia National Forest had been recorded for years but that no records were forwarded to his Office in late years. He mentioned that when attending conventions of U.S. Forest supervisors the supervisor of the Los Padres National Forest is usually the butt of jokes about his Birds (the Condors), but that in general activities of the Service, Condors are no joking matter. He thought that Condor so seldom use the Sequoia National forest as a breeding and feeding ground that he felt any emphasis on their behalf to be unwarranted. He did state that he felt every effort should be made to insure Condor survival and stated that his own philosophy in this matter would be that all Americans must do their utmost to protect all vanishing Species—