California Condor Eben McMillan 10 February 1964 I was up at 6.30 A.M., It was quite cold and a dull smog covered the floor of the valley. I drove to Tejon Oil fields of Standard Oil Company and met Mr. L. Davis who alternates with Joe Brown in caring for the machinery at this site for Standard Oil Co. Mr. Davis told me that Joe Brown would be on the job tomorrow. L. Davis knows Condors well, He has lived for 28 years on the west side of highway 99 at the mouth of Grapevine Canyon. He told me that he has seen Condor many times in past years, but never more than eleven or twelve birds at one time. Many times he has seen Condor Circling above the mouth of Grapevine Canyon. He couldn't say whether Condor were more or less, common now than in times Past. He mentioned not paying much attention to Condor in the past, but that he would keep watch for them now. The Tejon Ranch Cowboys were moving cattle from one field to another, in the area west of the main Ranch headquarters in Tejon Canyon, one of the Cowboys with whom I talked told me that all the Calves had been dropped how and that branding would commence next weeks. Mrs. Jack Tautzen said that Jack had left no word of seeing any Condor lately, but that three Turkey Vultures had spent the night in the Tamarak trees near her home the night before last. She said that many Cattle had died during December and January, and earlier, on the Tejon property looked after by Jack, but that he had seen no Condor. I drove to White Wolf, northeast of Arvin and cooked my breakfast. It was clear, warm and calm there. Jack Tautzen came with a Truck to haul away some Bulls from the Corrals at White Wolf. He