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sure they are not multiplying rapidly. His answer
To this was to the effect that the wonder is that
anything exists in the hills anymore with all these
damn hunters all over the place who will shoot at
anything and then laugh at a law that would
restrict them from doing so.
I drove to the Jim Beard Ranch that is located
about one mile west of the Farnsworth Home and
in the same Valley. Mrs. Beard had heard of my
being in the area and the extent of my mission.
She had, therefore, made note of a Condor sighting
on September 8,1963 and gladly furnished me with
the results. It seems that the Jim Beard family
were enjoying a visit at the Maddux home which is
located about three quarters of a mile North of the
town of Glenville on Sunday afternoon, 8 September,
1963 when at 5:00 AM, some member of the
swimming party mentioned that among a flock
of Buzzards circling overhead there appeared to
be two birds much larger than the rest. Mrs. Beard
said they must be Condor. A doctor from Los
Angeles, who was a member of the party, and who
professed an interest in birds, consulted
his field guide and from this all were satisfied of
Mrs. Beards identification. These were the first
Condor that Mrs. Beard had ever observed and been
sure of the birds. She said the sighting of those
condor was a great thrill to all who saw them at
the Maddux home.
Mrs. Beard has lived in the Glenville area for many
years. The fact that this Condor sighting at the Maddux
home was the first time she had positively identified
these birds is all the more unusual in that -