California condor survey field notes, v1476
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and adjacent to the Farnsworth Fence. He said he knew this bird was a Condor by its great size. He it stood three feet, or three and one-half feet high. This death Oak he [illegible] to, and which he pointed out to me, is the same Oak in which all the Buzzards were perched on September 12 when I was watching the Calf Carcass, Mrs. Farnsworth had dragged into the flat, and the same Oak in which several Condor were perched. Mrs. Farnsworth found some Condor feeding on this carcass on 11 September 1962. Mr. Bosworth stated that he watches the hawks all the time and only last week he saw a flock of about thirty Buzzards circling above the flat on the Farnsworth property and at that time told his wife that some animal must have died up there on the Farnsworth Ranch to cause all those Buzzards to take. He said the other Condor he saw was circling with some Buzzards about ten days ago above his home. In that the Bosworth Home is only one-half mile— West by Northwest from the Farnsworth Home and in the Valley where hundreds of Buzzards, and up to fifty Condor, have circled on numerous occasions during the last month, it seems strange that some members of the two families who live here did not see Condor more than three occasions. This points up the fact that unless someone is particularly interested in birds, Condor can pass over, and even feed regularly within one-quarter mile of habitation and not be recognized. The Mister Bosworth Sr. told me of his interest in Wildlife and wondered how many Condor still survive. I answered his question by stating that no one knows many Condor still survive; but that one can be