California Condor Eben McMillan 12 MARCH-1963 Ice and I were up and away by 7:30 A.M. driving to the Top of the Ridge north of the Percy House we Parked the truck and took a trail North that took us out on the Ridge North of Hopper Mountain. Due to fog and hazy visibility we could not see into the hole in the Wall wall from this point so we hiked along the ridge to a spot 200 yards north of Keefords Lookout Point where it was possible to look in and see that no Condor were on the ledges of Hole in the Wall where we had seen them last night. This was about 9:30 A.M., We held this point for an hour and one half or 11:00 A.M. When the cloudy and cold situation caused us to return to our car. As we proceeded back Two men from the Forest Service who had been sent to see that we did not have any unauthorized unauthorized personnel with us, Mr. Peyton in particular, were parked on the Ridge Road near Keefords Lookout Point. They told us their mission and that they had been alerted to keep us under surveillance. after getting where information from them he could. We rode back to where their road went west and we hiked along the east face of Hopper Mountain. Upon arriving at our truck a note was found on the Steering Wheel stating that Mr. Percy had observed 5 Juvenile Condor as he came to the ranch down below, at 9:00 A.M., at Angel Pass, the place where his road crosses into the Canyon west, about Two miles S.W. from his house. Mr. Percy stated, in the note that this was the largest group of Young Condor he had Observed Together for many Years. One of the Forest Service Fellows we met on the Ridge above Hopper Mountain said he had Not seen more than Two (2) Condors at a time. The other man did not state how many he had seen. [illegible]