california Condor Eben McMillian 19 February 1964 down Jeep road to oil fields road that I followed down to Oak Flat Camp of the U.S. Forest Service. Arriving at the Oak Flat camp at 4:45 P.m. I found Jack Gains and a fellow in civilian clothes waiting for Ray Dalen whom Jack said be thought was in the Bucksport area with Ian. Ian's Dodge Pickup was parked, and locked, near the Oak Flat Forest Camp Cabin. At 5:05 p.m. Jack Gains said he would not wait any longer and for me to tell Dalen that he would be down at his home in Fillmore if he wanted to stop by and see Gains. As I approached this Oak Flat Camp at 4:45 P.M., the fellow who was with Jack Gains called to me. "Did you have any luck?" I answered that it all depended on what he meant by luck. I said that I had seen Condor. This fellow seemed surprised and said "You did!". Jack Gains asked me if I had been in the back Country. I told him no! that I had camped last night at the Pecy Corrals and had hiked on across Pole Canyon this afternoon. Ian, Ray Dalen, and another fellow, came at 6:45 P.m. from the north. Ian and I left for home via Castric Junction arriving home at 11:15 p.m. Enroute home Ian explained his experiences of the past two days. It sounded incredible that the Forest Service would have Jack Gains take a photographer within a few hundred feet of a known Nest-site of Condor during the very time when these birds would be laying their eggs. It appears that something must be done to protect the Condor from their protectors.