California Condor Eben McMillan 26 November 1963 As we sat here talking a condor was seen rising up out of Hopper Canyon directly across from us. This bird moved @11:05 towards Hopper Mountain, but keeping somewhat south of us, and moved out to the southwest and out of sight at 10:19 Am. We returned to our campsite and packing up were off down the trail at 11:15 am. We decided that a more thorough check of Hopper Canyon should be made soon in order to double check on any chance that Condor could be nesting there. At 11:34 Am. as we were passing down the Spring Canyon Trail we saw four Condor heading north along the east slope of the Top of Hopper Mountain. I saw two birds, of this four, circle and appear to go Southeast. Two more were seen following the same route two minutes later. Due to the location we were in we could not follow these Condor after they passed by the Hopper Mountain proper for another promontory than cut our view off from view of the east exposure of Hopper rim. We hiked on down Spring Canyon Trail and found Red Dunlap at the Twilight Oil Camp and already with the two sections of flooding under their tent. Mr. Dunlap told us that there are lots of Deer in the area about their camp and that both he and Jack Edwards had seen each shot nice big four-point Bucks this fall during deer season. He said that Does and fawns and small Bucks are seen along the roadways regularly; and they are not wild or nervous. He told us about how a Condor had circled close within 50 feet of them three years ago as they were working on a well in Spring Canyon. Mr. Dunlap said this Condor circled high above them for some time, then came closer and closer