California condor survey field notes, v1476
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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) food ->