California condor survey field notes, v1477
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California Condor Eben McMillan 3 February 1964 activities were carried on. During this activity several occasions occurred when several condor would come and circle directly over our camp. I exposed two rolls, or 38 exposures of 35mm film on condor in flight over our camp. A 400 mm lens was mounted on a gunstock for this purpose and when pointed at the condor to photograph them in flight caused no unusual reaction from the birds. At 9:40 A.M., an immature condor was seen circling to the north of the ridge, north of our camp. This bird was seen on several occasions to the north of this ridge and circling above the north end of Hopper mountain but never did it come to join the other condor that fed around the lower sheep carcass. At 9:50 A.M., while the above mentioned immature condor was still circling to the north of Hopper mountain, nine condor were about the lower sheep carcass, one of which was a young ringed necked condor. This young condor seemed to enjoy unusual freedom among the other condor when feeding. At one time two adult condor and this immature ringed-neck condor were all around the lower sheep carcass together. When this ringed-necked immature fed on the carcass none of the adult condor attacked it; but when one of the adult condor fed on the carcass other adult condor would jump at it in a menacing way. Once when a golden eagle came in and lit on the carcass it flew down towards the young ring-neck condor that stood about six feet below. The young condor did not run nor fly away, and even moved towards the -