California condor survey field notes, v1476
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P-411 Tule River Indian California Condor Eben McMillan 30 October 1963 Jan and I were up early and made our way to within one half mile of Redwood Corral near the headwaters of Bear Creek and within one quarter mile of where the Condor nested in the Redwood tree in 1950. Although we were limited in our visibility by a fog that enshrouded the forest at this elevation, we nevertheless spent more than three hours in this general area, a good deal of which was gspent in searching the area at the base of the Redwood Nest Tree, but we saw nothing that would lead to a conclusion that Condor had nested in this area this year. In the afternoon we drove to the Indian settlement near the entrance to the Reservation and Jan interviewed several of the Indian women about Condor. The Indian men were all working, I suppose. The general opinion was gathered from these people that Condor have not been seen for several years. We will return to this location for another look next spring. A Mr. Ed Taylor who lives along the highway leading from the Tule River Indian Reservation into Porterville told us that although he has been in this general area for thirty years, on one occasion only did he ever see Condor, and that was about twenty years ago (1943) when he came upon six Condor about two miles above the Terra Bella Road Camp on the Deer Creek Road. He has seen no Condor since even though he walks the fields of his farm and thinks he would see any large birds that might happen by. We were home at 4:00 p.m.,