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Glennville-
California Condor
Eben McMillan
12 September 1963
Neighbors never see Condor even though they have been
circling over their house off and on for the last three
weeks. I must visit these people and make sure of this
for if they do not see Condor, it is valuable information
regarding the management of these birds in populated areas.
I was in Glennville at 7:40 A.M., at the Farnsworth ranch,
on the knoll above the road where I could observe the area
where the carcasses lay; Buzzards were feeding, or
beast dropping down in the Oaks where the carcasses are.
No Condor were seen in the area.
I rode to the top of hill near water tank south of
ranch buildings with Mrs. Farnsworth in her Jeep. We on
saw buzzards on the trip.
Evelyn Farnsworth thinks normal, healthy, cows
will eat the placenta following birth of a calf. This
would limit carrion food for Condor. A herd of cows
that were suffering from some malady or malnutrition
would leave many placenta for Condor and Buzzards.
I walked to the place where the seven Condor
been been feeding on the stillborn calf yesterday.
Carcass of this calf remained much as it had
when Mrs. Farnsworth last saw it last evening. The
ear had been eaten off. The left eye was
The Tail had been stripped of its hide and hair.
The stomach had been been eviscerated through
an opening at the Navel. Otherwise the
body of this calf was intact.
50 plus buzzards came from the Canyon
East of the Ranch house and alighted in a
death Oak that stood on a hill 100 yards
the west of where the dead calf carcass lay.
was sitting on a hill 200 yards East of
the calf carcass. The buzzards did not come
(food
not entered)
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