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California Condor Eben McMillan 25 February 1964
We stopped in Ojai and found the Tall Secretary in
Charge of the Office and were informed by her that all
the men were at a school in Santa Barbara, or somewhere.
We stopped at Fillmore and picked up keys to Percy
Ranch from the Elder Steve Percy and drove to Percy Ranch
on Hopper Mountain. Eugene Percy was above the
Bear Tree Corrals, on horseback, on his way into Pole
Canyon to cut some trails. He was quite worried about
the lack of rain saying that things would get critical
in another week or two if it does not rain.
Mr. Percy rode on up the mountain and we drove north
to where the road tops out on Soda-Sulphur Ridge and
there below the road we put out Two Jack rabbit
Carcasses and Two Jack rabbit Carcasses above the
road also. This was at 2:00 p.m.
One Raven and two Red-Tailed Hawks over east slope of
Hopper Mountain at 2:20 p.m., as we went into Camp,
in the swale above the line Oak Tree, about two hundred
feet SE of the Vagel Oil well site, on flats in Sulphur Canyon.
An immature Condor sailed out over east slope
of the top of Hopper Mountain at 2:25 p.m. This bird sailed
on north along Hopper rim out of sight at 2:28 p.m.
At 2:39 p.m. an immature Condor, probably the same one
that was here 12 minutes ago, now flew out over top of
Hopper Mountain and Continuing on Northeast passed from Sight going
in the direction of towards Hole-in-Wall at 2:40 p.m.
2:42 p.m. One adult Condor Circling above our Camp