California condor survey field notes, v1477
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California Condor Eben McMillan 19 February 1964 Two hundred yards, to be followed in turn by the other. After playing together on this point, both would come dashing back to where the remainder of the deer fed in the swale. Both these young deer would run much faster than one sees them go when running in a group or singularly, and as they dashed away they continued to kick up small geysers of dust that when caught in the early morning rays of the sun, gave detailed report of where the deer were going and at what speed. Otherwise the light was not good for observation on the hillside where the two young deer played. Vulture Seven turkey buzzards passed along the east face of Hopper Mountain at 8:10 A.M., continuing their way northward without any hesitation. A flock of six Raven came north out of Soda Creek at 8:20 A.M., and passing about one hundred feet uphill from where the Cut and rabbits lay, either missed seeing them, or completely ignored them. At 9:00 A.M. Two Raven hovered over the area where the Carcasses were, but failed to drop down on them, or near them. At 9:10 Two Raven came and dropped on ground near the Cotton tail that was south of the other. Two Corcassos but soon both birds flew northward and lit in a tall, dead, spruce tree that stands about one quarter mile north of the Sulphur Creek Campsite. Condor At 9:18 A.M. An adult Condor was seen circling below the timbered point north of Percy home at east end of Soda-Sulphur ridge. This bird was seen only for a moment before it went from sight southward. Condor At 9:32 A.M. An adult Condor came up Hopper Canyon opposite Percy home, but over the center of the Canyon and at an elevation -