california condor Eben Mcmillan 3 December 1963 A dense ground fog has filled the southern portions of the san Joaquin Valley for the last three weeks without a let-up. This fog has brought cold damp weather to all areas it covers. But above this fog belt, from 2000 feet on up, TL weather has remained clear—calm and reasonably warm. The atmosphere above the fog level has also been very clear of any haze or smog. Some frosts have developed in early morning hours in the Cholame and San Juan River lowlands and ice has been recorded in the lower areas of the Carrisa plains. I drove to the Cholame Flats, that are north and northwest of the town of Cholame, at 9:00 A.M. New grass that sprouted during the early fall rains is furnishing the Cholame Rancho cattle enough sustenance to keep looking fairly healthy. Howard Jack, majordomo of Cholame Rancho, told me that he had talked to someone lately that told him of seeing seven condor in some canyon behind Coalinga, in Fresno County. This man gave Mr. Jack the impression that the condor had been seen there several times. He (Mr. Jack) could not remember the person's name who told him of this observation, but he thought he came from the Coalinga area. Vic Nivens, who rides for the Cholame Ranch, told me of seeing four condor in the trees near the old Durham spring that is about 7 miles west of Cholame Ranch headquarters. Mr. Nivens said these condor moved about in the trees as he passed underneath them on horseback, but that they did not leave. He thought it was about three months ago when he saw these condor.