California Condor Eben McMillan 1 February 1964 area has had much use of late by campers, hikers and picnickers. most of whom had gone to the Cow Springs area. We stopped in Fillmore for gasoline at the Union Oil Co. Station on the crossroads where the highway from Moorpark meets with Highway 126. The young fellow who attended to us told us of having been on duty last evening when a bandit entered the station and held him up at gunpoint, demanding the contents of the cash register. The bandit thinking this young fellow to be too slow fired three shots at his feet to urge him on. When apprehended some hours later it was found that this bandit was a local person who had worked on a nearby ranch. This is only brought out to show that irresponsible people not only shoot at the Condor but will also shoot at people to scare them. Picking up the ranch keys from the elder Mr. Percy in Fillmore we drove up Bigger Canyon into Louis Canyon and over the ridge to Percy Ranch. Ruth Percy was at the Percy home by herself while Eugene and some Stephen were working cattle at the Bear Tree Corrals. After visiting with Mrs. Percy briefly we drove on up to Bear Tree Corrals and there met Eugene and Stephen Percy who were branding calves. Eugene Percy said he had seen four Condor last Saturday, January 25. We had seen no Condor since that time. Eugene also said he had received about three-and-one-half inches of rain during the storm of 21-22-23 January. The grass had improved since we were here last although it has along ways to go to insure ample forage throughout the summer. In order to check numbers of Condor now in relation to the population that frequented this area when Carl Koford did his work here on the Percy ranchy from 1946 up until 1950 or later, and in that Dr. Koford in most of these experiments used bait of one sort or another, we now put out bait.