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-California Condor-
ben mc millan
8.Feb.1963
light Showers fell at Sunrise. some clearing
Took place at 8:00 A.M. and continued throughout
the day but high thin clouds were in evidence
all day. The wind was west, brisk at times. The
Temperature mild throughout the day, but
becoming cooler in the evening.
Cliff Smith and Waldo Abbott spent the
night with us, last night. Waldo Abbott, who
leads the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural
History Bird Group on their field trips and
Cliff Smith is Librarian at the Santa Barbara
Museum of Nat.History. Smith is also a botanist
of good repute. Abbott told me of seeing
3 Condor circling above the Museum
buildings in Santa Barbara, Calif. One day
about Two Years ago. Abbott also told me
of two Condor that remained about the
Segwick Ranch during January of 1955
These Condor remained about the area where
a heifer had died. On one occasion when his
bird group went to see these Condor they flew
from a tree near where they had remained for
for a week and flew high into the air Towards
Big Pine Mountain only to return To the beginning
area after a flight that took them nearly To
the limit of view of binoculars.