California Condor Eben McMillan 4 November 1963 Joe Brown, who tends the Tejon Oil field of Standard Oil Company, Told me of seeing Seven Condor at 10:00 A.M. above the Water Tank on the ridge about one-half mile to the south of his Shack. This would be about three miles west by southwest from the Old Tejon Ranch headquarters. Brown said that he and Ray Like, one of the Tejon Cowboys were riding south from his Shack when they saw five Condor circling in the air above this tank about two hundred yards and two Condor sitting on the ground. He thought the two on the ground were probably feeding on the placenta of a Calf birth. Like, who has been on Tejon for several years thought these birds to be buzzards. Joe Brown was struck with his not knowing the difference between Condor and buzzards, having spent so much time in the field, on Tejon Ranch. Brown did not notice which way these Condor left the area when dispersing. A drove to Chuchupate Ranger Station at the Northwest base of Frazier mountain at 3:45 P.M. Gary Plisco the district Ranger in Charge was not in. DON Adams, Assistant Fire Control Officer at Chuchupate Station, at my request, dug into the files in his Office and produced records of Condor sightings from Frazier Mountain and Thorn Point Lookouts as well as sightings of the General Chuchupate district. Some of these records went as far back as 1956. He said these records of Condor sightings pile up here at Chuchupate Ranger Station and that no one ever looks at them. One of the ladies in the Front Office told me that outside of a Scout troop and their master who asked to see any records of Condor seen in recent months, No one else has ever inquired about Condor records.