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California condor Eben McMillan 2 october 1963
the mouth of November in 1962. He thinks Condor come
to Tejon basin to feed when the Cows commence
calving in mid-October. He usually sees them coming
from the head of Tejon Canyon flying out west-by-southwest
over the eucalyptus grove southwest of old headquarters.
Mr. McKenzie said the Condor roost along the top of the
ridge just west of the summit, in big pines. He has walked
under the trees where the Condor roost while the birds are still
in the trees. He claims to have seen two dead Condor in
tate years. Both these dead Condor were near, or in,
water along the creeks. One dead Condor Gib McKenzie
thought was about two years ago. He could not tell how
far back he saw the other dead Condor, but not too many
years back, he stated.
Gib McKenzie thinks Condor are not as plentiful
as was the case in years past. He said that 60 or
70 Condor would follow the squirrel poisoning gangs,
on Tejon ranch, when he was a young fellow. He
thinks he has seen 100 Condor in one flock about
1930.
There is little doubt of Gib McKenzie's knowing condors. Not only does he
know Condor but he must have spent some time observing them from
the way he will describe their actions when explaining some feature or
behavior activity of Condor in action. He told me that he enjoys seeing
Condor in flight and marvelling at their ability to remain aloft, in
soaring flight with no apparent effort. Mr. McKenzie will -