California Condor Eben McMillan 26 November 1963 Dawn broke clear and without fog or smog of any sort in the lowlands and no dew formed on our sleeping tubes. White-throated Swift were about at sunrise and the Gale Wind, that had raged throughout the night began to abate somewhat, but was still blowing very strongly. Jan said he saw a flock of Band-tailed Pigeons pass over soon after sunrise. Robins-Towhees and White Crown Sparrows were passing eastward over the Hopper Rim. The Red-tailed hawk was back again soon after sunrise buoyed Slopes on the Still Wind, hunting the thick covered chaparral [illegible] of Hopper Rim. At about 8:10 A.m. we (Jan and I) parted. We going along the rim Towards Hopper mountain to check on further developments along the roadway that had been improved and broadened from Hopper Mountain or the North end of Hopper Mountain, where the Polo Canyon Road comes up and tops out on Hopper Rim to the pass at the head of the Spring Canyon Trail, where this roadway had been extended and improved upon, over the dim old roadway that was shove up until this fall; I going through from our nights camp at the end of this road Towards Whiteacre Whiteacre Peak. At about 8:30 A.m. I saw one Condor coming Northeast from the East side of the top of Hopper mountain. This bird crossed out over the center of Hopper Canyon and then commenced letting down in stages heading in the general direction of the Canyon bottom below the Big Cave in Hopper Canyon. After this bird went down below the level of the headlands that confront the Hopper Creek on the east side about 1/2 mile down Canyon from the Big Cave I lost sight of it. About 8:40 A.m. while searching the area with the scope I saw a Condor coming up out of the Canyon Over an area