California Condor Eben McMillan 2 February 1964 a good job of protecting them and that some still remain. At 11:15 A.M. we met Carl Buchheister and Bill Goodall who had been waiting in lot across the highway from us for an hour. We immediately loaded Carl's dunnage into our pickup and with him accompanying us we were on our way, We visited the Dead pit of Newhall land and cattle Co. Feed Lot, near Castaic Junction, but saw not one bird about. We then drove westward to the mouth of Hopper Canyon and up Percy Road to the point below Castle Crags, that overlooks the Soda Creek drainage and the south and east slopes of Hopper Mountain, where we stopped for lunch. Condor — As we lunched, at 12:45 P.M. an adult condor was seen flying NE up Hopper Canyon from the way of Button Peak. As this condor came even with us it veered from its course and [illegible] directly over us about 300 yards high and drifted, quartering into the stiff east wind that was now blowing, along the SW ridge of Soda Creek and was lost from sight as it passed along upper drainage of Soda Creek. Finishing lunch we drove to Percy Ranch, seeing several deer on the way, and there talked with Mr. and Mrs. Percy. Mr. Percy then drove us to the top of Hopper Mountain in his Jeep. Along the crest of Hopper Mountain the east wind was blowing a gale that restricted our activities to a certain degree, it being quite cold and strong enough whereby one had difficulty standing against its force. At 3:10 P.M. an adult condor was seen floating SW from the direction of upper Hopper Canyon and passed by to our eastward about one-half mile and continued drifting, fast, on the strong wind until out of sight behind the SW ridge of Hopper Mountain.