P. 325 -Continued- California Condor Eben McMillian 18 September 1963 Condor Granite Station way Mrs. Jim Ben Williams saw one Condor Circling above the high hill Northeast of the Cattleguard W the road into the Williams turns off highway going from Granite Station to Glenville. ON 13 September 1963 When returning home over the same road at 2:30 P.M. Mrs. Williams saw five Condor circling West of the Road about half way in from the highway to her home. She di on home and returned at 3:00 P.M. with Jim Ben Williams accompanying her in the Jeep. The two William drove directly to where the five Condor still Cir and came upon four more Condor feeding on Carcasses of Twin Calves that had been dropped Sometime Yesterday. They Came upon the four feeding Condor unexpectedly and were within thirty one hundred feet of them when they first saw the Condor and the Condor saw them. The Condor's, being surprised with the sudden appearance of the Jeep, ma haste in getting air-borne. Much flapping was done as the four birds maneuvered out through the sma Oak trees that grew nearby. In a matter of minutes Condor had disappeared from the scene. The Williams thought they saw too dark colored blic among the nine Condor. Also, they felt one ad appeared much larger than the others and the white under its wings showed much clearer and bright- 3915. Williams picked up three Condor feathers firo Feathers near where the birds had been feeding. They are entered here with as Specimen No. 9- in the collection of Eben McMillian. Condor Jim Ben Williams told me he first heard of Condor from his father who called them vultures. That about fifty years ago his father came upon four or five Condor eating a dead dog Near the road where it now passes by the Food