Granite Station California Condor Eben McMillan 16 October 1963 Condor near his house which is located about three miles north of Granite Station. This condor was on the ground when Mr. Frank Stockton first saw it. The condor upon seeing Frank approaching left the waterhole and walked up a hillside nearby passing among the large Granite rocks that cover the hills all along the Sierra Nevada foothills, on the west slope, at this elevation. Frank Stockton walked after this condor and was able to approach to within fifty feet of this bird that after walking up this hill about two hundred feet before climbing onto a rock where it remained while Frank looked at it for some time before leaving the area with the condor still perched on a rock. Frank Stockton at first thought this condor to be sick or injured, but after watching the condor for some time he felt the bird to be normal. Frank Stockton said he could have shot this condor easily with any small caliber rifle or even a shotgun. Frank Stockton also saw other condor this summer but could not remember dates nor numbers. He mentioned that deer are much less in numbers this year than it has been the case in past years. We feels they have suffered some set-back. Driving to the ranch of Clara Stockton Armstrong that is about two miles north of Granite Station, I met Jessie Stockton who owns property in this area. He offered to guide me to the Clara Stockton Armstrong ranch. He said that during his seventy-two years, all of which have been spent in the General Bakersfield-Granite Station area, he has seen condor off and on. He thought condor to be more plentiful in the 1920 and 1930s. He saw a condor flying over Tobias Peak Northwest of Kernville many years ago. Jessie Stockton said he had always remained secretive about any