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California Condor
Eben McMillan
16 september 1963
Shooting at Condor
loading wood on a pickup at the roadside told us that
when he was hunting, yesterday, on Mt. Pinos, he was
five hunters, who had .22 caliber rifles, shooting at
Condor that flew over the area where they stood,
the Condor, fortunately, was high enough so that
the small caliber rifles were unable to effect it.
Mt. Calhoun was on duty at the Lookout on Frazier
Mountain when we arrived at 12:50 P.M. He gave
the following Notes on Condor he had observed
since last I was at this Lookout Station.
Condor
8/22/63 - 12:34 - Two Condor - over Thorne Meadows
8/23/63 - 11:05 - Three Condor - south of Lookout
8/25/63 - 12:05 - Two Condor - west of Lookout
8/29/63 - 10:43 - One Condor - east of Lookout
8/31/63 - 14:20 - Two Condor - over Thorne Meadows
9/1/63 - 10:40 - Two Condor - over Alamo
9/8/63 - 18:25 - One Condor - over Grade Valley
9/12/63 - 10:55 - Nine Condor - over East Frazier
9/12/63 - 15:40 - Two Condor - over Thorne Meadows
9/14/63 - 8:10 - One Condor - " East Frazier
9/14/63 - 12:55 - Two Condor - " Thorne Meadows
9/15/63 - 12:00 - One Condor - " North Frazier
Mr. Calhoun said that deer hunters still prowl the
area during weekends and even this morning he saw three
carloads of hunters working the area. We also said that
a Mr. Corey, who takes care of cattle that graze on top
of Frazier mountain, came upon the carcasses of two
doe deer that had been shot by hunters on
the south side of Frazier Mountain and left to
the elements. Mr. Corey told Calhoun that a Condor
was in a pine tree near the carcasses when he first
found them. Mr. Corey said he rode his horse
under the tree in which the Condor sat without
Hunters
Food
Condor
Vulnerability