California Condor Eben McMillan 18 September 1963 It trained quite heavily throughout the night at the Fulton Ranger Station where I spent the night in the shed barracks with the three remaining members of fire suppression crews. On the bulletin board, in this shed-barracks at Fulton Ranger Station, was Tacked a placard, N-2 304-B, that was printed in Chicago by the National Safety Council, and on which was printed, in bold red and white letters, this caption, Birds Headed for Extinction. Along with this caption were cartoons characterizing reckless drivers as some form of bird and titled in this order; Ruffle Fendered Tail Gater, Migratory Weaverbird, and Hill-passing Swift. The above, to me, seemed out of place in an area where one of America's rarest birds is making its last stand. To be Buffooning such a serious subject as vanishing birds, especially, as this would effect the dignity of this matter in the minds of Young People working in our United States Forest Service, only reflects the philosophy of those in charge of such matters. It is small wonder that, as Elden Ball, Supervisor of the Sequoia National Forest stated to Jan and I, when we were in his Office last, that Supervisor of Las Padres National Forest, Mr. Hansen, is usually kidded about his Buzzards when Forest Supervisors Congree Together. The above placard is entered as Specimen No. 8 in the Collection of Eben McMillan on 20 September 1963. I drove to home of Tim Ben Williams at 9:00Am. Both he and his wife furnished me the following: On 12 September when coming home from —