California Condor Eben McMillan 3 December 1963 at 10:40 A.m. I came upon two adult Golden Eagle that were sitting (standing) on the ground in a draw that was running North from the bottom of the Cholame Valley and about two miles East by Southeast from the Cholame Ranch buildings- The two Eagles were facing each other at a distance of about one foot apart and were up this draw about 100 yards from its mouth and about three hundred yards from where I stopped to pickup to watch them. Both Eagles stood without moving for about d Fifteen minutes except for a casual turning of the heads now and then from the position of watching me which they did most of the time. No prey was in evidence although at one time the smaller bird, which I took to be the male, reached down and pecked at the toes of the larger bird that stood above him on the hillside. Soon, after 15 minutes had passed, the smaller bird walked around above the larger bird and after looking about briefly dropped its head- took four or five hops and flew Southward across the Cholame Valley. About thirty seconds later the larger bird did likewise, only, it flew along the foothills to the east. While watching these Eagles I also saw two White-Tailed kite flying about a Weed and alfalfa field that is located on the floor of the Northeast Part of Cholame valley and about 2½ miles South by Southeast from the Cholame Ranch headquarters; at least two Red-tailed Hawks- four Raven and four Marsh Hawk were also observed circling or hunting above this field that covers about 300 acres. It was warm at the spot near the Weed and alfalfa