california condor Eben McMillan 14 February 1969 There remains ample forage for cattle in the Mountains of the San Emigdio Ranch. The ground is still protected with a good cover of old grass and the new grasses, where having been inhibited somewhat in growth by the cold weather, nevertheless is furnishing all livestock in this area all the forage they need to be doing well. At 1:05 two Golden Eagle moved along the west slope of pleitito canyon. On ridge between pleitito and pleito canyons a heifer was lying dead about one hundred yards northwest of the cement trough that is located on ridge above where the crossroads meet. This animal appeared to have been dead about a month and showed no signs of ever having been eaten on. Four dead heifers were observed on the grassland area on the west side of pleito canyon. All were within a mile of one another. All were near the roadway. All appeared to have been about a month old. None of these carcasses appeared to have been eaten on by any scavenger. I was on the west side of pleito canyon in the area around the Cow Camp from 2:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Golden eagles were in sight in this area nearly all the time I remained there. At one time three Eagles were circling together. At 2:35 p.m. I flushed two immature Golden Eagles from near the roadside one mile south of the Cow Camp. These birds flushed as I came around a bend. As they left they appeared to have been laden with food. A determined search of the steep hillside from which they flushed turned up no sign of the remains of prey objects. California Ground Squirrels -