California Condor Eben McMillan 4 October 1963 Fog from the west rolled into Choice Valley at 6:30 A.M. Jan came at 8:00 A.M. and we left for Ventura County in his vehicle. We stopped briefly in Taft to check on a Condor sighting by Bob Marshall, whose office in a bank was not yet open, so we moved on to Maricopa where a brief check gave evidence that Bert Snedden had gone to his ranch. We proceeded to head of Quatel Canyon via Mt. Abel and Klipsten Roads. Klipsten Canyon could not look more abused. A very marginal area that produces well for an optimum Number of livestock but that when overstocked, resembles a bad-lands in appearance. This is the way Klipsten Canyon looks Now. We stopped at the Ceramics factory operated by Mr. and Mrs. Lunstrom at the head of Ballanger Canyon. These Two Young People seem most interested in the Outdoors and profess a deep Concern for the welfare of our Natural Resources as well as a Public Conscience Towards the Care, and use of, these resources. They had seen no Condor although they felt sure they would recognize them should any come by. They had seen Golden Eagles lately. We stopped in the upper part of Quatel Canyon and garnered some Pine Pine Nuts that were still in cones that had freshly fallen from the trees. There seems to be an ample crop of nuts in the Quatel Canyon area. Clark Nutcrackers were already down in the Canyon working on this food item. Arriving on the ridge that runs south from Rose Canyon Falls to the Chief Peak, and Hines Peak, that is East of the upper reaches of the North Fork of the Ventura River, we found the weather shutting in -