california Condor Eben Dmchillan 12 December 1963 Late summer and returning to Cantil in October and November. He did not come to Cantil with the sheep until early November this year. I left Cantil at 9:00 A.M. and drove to Rosamond in the Antelope valley area of Southern Kern County. Northwest of Rosamond I checked with a campero and shepherd who were tending a flock of MTR sheep that were on alfalfa pasture. This campero told me that two flocks of sheep, belonging to Head & Burr, were pasturing on grass in the Cottonwood creek area along the road going into the Tehachapi mountains, enroute to White Oak Lodge. This Campero, a Mr. Jose Alcman had seen Condor lately [illegible] White Oak herder. feeding on sheep belonging to the flock of [illegible]. These two fellows had seen no condor near Rosamond. They seemed quite sure that the birds they saw in Cottonwood Canyon were Condor and gave a very good description of the way the birds would circle in the air, vuelta-vuelta-and show the white under the wings. I left these two shepherds, with their flock of lambing ewes, many of the lambs here dying also in the process of birth, and drove towards Cottonwood Canyon. At the west end of Rosamond Street, or boulevard, a distance of about twelve or fourteen miles west of the town of Rosamond a black sedan was parked off the end of this boulevard about fifty feet and had a sign propped up against the front wheel, on left side of car, that read, This automobile is school property No shooting, No tampering with this car. You are being watched. A placard notifying that shooting was not allowed in this area and signed by Sheriff Galyen of Kern County was also