California condor survey field notes, v1476
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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 -