California Condor Eben McMillan February / February 1964 our copy and permit with which we can enter the Sespe wildlife area in the process of our Condor study. Jack Gains also told us of having seen 19 Condor on Hopper Mountain the day-before-yesterday. This would be on 30 January 1964. Mr. Gains said he was on Hopper Mountain that day and had gotten stuck. It had snowed considerable there, he said. First he saw seven (7) Condor together. He continued to see Condor throughout the day. At one time he saw fourteen Condor in one place over Hopper Mountain and later looked north towards Whittaker Peak and saw five more Condor that were seen at the same time as the 14 previous Condor we so still in sight. Jack Gains also told us that Mr. Buchheister, the president of the National Audubon Society, was coming tomorrow, to Los Angeles, to attend a meeting after which he was to fly back east immediately. Mr. Gains stated that Mr. Buchheister intended to return to the West again in the near future, but that he had to go back, just now, to some meeting in the east and therefore could not get around the area. Mr. Gains said he had gotten this information from Mr. Paul Howard who had been at some meeting nearby and being in the general area had thought "I'll just drop by and pay the [illegible] a visit." This was about a week ago that Mr. Howard had stopped by and visited with Jack Gains; and given Mr. Gains this information. Jack Gains, in answer to Ian's query if Mr. William Hansen, supervisor of Los Padres National Forest, had ever been on the Sespe wildlife area stated that with the exception of a brief "show me" trip through the section when he first came, Mr. Hansen has never been on the area. Mr. Gains also stated that the Sespe corridor into the Sespe wildlife