California Condor Eben McMillan 9 February 1964 died in the canyons above the fog belt to provide fresh food and Carcasses each day, I met Walter Fieguth, one of the [illegible] on the Tejon Ranch, near the old Tejon Headquarters. He had seen no Condor this winter. Mr. Fieguth attributed the ample green flora on the Tejon lowlands to the presence of fog, also. Even at the elevation of the old Tejon Headquarters, he said fog had persisted for weeks on end, with no let-up, this winter. According to Fieguth, higher elevations were too cold for grass to grow resulting in a shortage of forage there. Gib Dockensie had seen no Condor since observing the group of 24 birds on the flats at mouth of Pustoria Canyon on 26 October 1963. Gib told me that most all calves had been dropped on the Tejon Ranch and that Condor food was not as plentiful as had been the case last fall. He said that a man who stays on his father's place, above the Tejon Ranch in a south fork of Tejon Canyon, had seen two Condor about two weeks ago. Mr. Dockensie claims "I have seen Buzzards killed by Poison. on the road going up Tejon Canyon, near the forks of Chanac Canyon, I met Bill Koutnik who is a member of the group who rents area five for hunting purposes from Tejon Ranch. Mr. Koutnik comes from 1622 Highland Oaks, Arcadia, California and works for Aero-Jet General. He said most all members of [illegible] who hunt and lease Area 5 of Tejon Ranch work for Aero-Jet General. Koutnik said that most all members of Area 5 association are very well pleased with circumstances surrounding their lease and that a waiting list of 14 names is now on file in the event a vacancy occurs whereby new members can be taken into the group. Bill Koutnik stated that according to their agreement with Tejon Ranch —