California Condor Eben McMillan 9 October 1963 Me this morning Mrs. Albite did not notice that it was a Condor. She only recognized it as a large bird and mentioned to Carl West, when she met him a few minutes later, that she had seen the Carcass of a big eagle or some large bird. She thought the Carcass appeared rather fresh when she first saw it, but she did not mention of how it smelled. Dorothy Albite stated that it made no difference to her if the Condor she found on the Carl West ranch was a buzzard, an Eagle, or a Condor. "What different does it make," she said, "what is different about a dead Condor than any other dead bird". "They are no good. You can't eat them, or sell them." "Why all this fuss about Condor?" "What do they want to keep Condor for. They are no good." This she stated to me in a questioning attitude. Actually I think Mrs. Albite felt left out in that Carl West and Margaret Brown had received recognition as having been instrumental in making it possible for us to get the Condor Carcass. She acted as though her feelings had been a bit hurt by our not coming to get information from her before now. At least, Mrs. Albite tried to impress me with her disrespect for all large birds particularly those that might bother her sheep. She stated that last spring, two large birds, that she took to be Eagles, were found feeding on the Carcass of one of her lambs, that was good sized and would weigh forty pounds. These two birds, when came upon feeding, walked up the hill about fifty feet, before flying away. Had she been in possession of her rifle she would have shot these two birds that she felt sure had killed the large lamb. Those two birds could have been Condor for Eagles would have probably flown directly from the Carcass in the event she came upon them feeding, at a distance of only 200 feet, or so. Condor would be more apt to walk up a hill such as these birds did. Eagles? Sheep? Food → (Condor? not used)