California Condor Page 26 Eben McMillan 4 March-1963 Driving down the Palo Pinto Canyon at 10:00 A.M. I noticed that both the upper and lower pairs of Golden Eagles were incubating- Had Clifton Stanley NOTARIZE a signed statement releasing the National Geographic Society of any responsibility in a physical and legal way regarding the activities of this Condor study. Then drove to Navajo canyon via San Juan and French Camp. Met John Loftus, former in Cammatta Ranch, who said he had seen no condor of late. In discussing sheep with him he said that small bands of sheep that were left in the Navajo when Rodricks shipped out last summer have been straying around the Cammatta property all winter. Driving to the top of Navajo Ridge I met a herder who told me he had seen no dead sheep on the north end of the property and no big birds. Then drove down to the river (San Juan) and found no fresh carcasses. Photographed carcasses of two dead lambs that had been picked clean by birds, but saw no large birds here. Then drove back up top of ridge and proceeded south to Trailer of Shepherd where I found he and two other shepherds visiting while their flocks rested at midday. Red faced shepherds, the one that I think knows a Condor, told me he had seen no Condor either this morning nor yesterday, as these shepherds and I were talking several Buzzards flew up from a Canyon to the west. I went there but found only 8 more buzzards feeding on the carcass of a dead Ewe Sheep that had been dead for 5 or 6 days. at 4:30 p.m. I drove to where small flock of Ewes & Lambs (500) feed 1/2 mile below (Gough) of Lopanza bridge. I watched this flock until sunset, for they have no herder to look after them and I went to see if any predation is occurring here at night. At dusk horned owls called from 3 different points - The Sheep bedded down 1/2 hour after dusk and I put my bed nearby. All was quiet until 11:30 p.m. When awoke to hear Coyotes calling and the Sheep bleating - The Sheep moved off 1/4 mile east but I could bear no sign of running.