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California Condor
Eben Mcmillan
26 February 1964
The condor flew down and alighted near the same jack-
rabbit that it had been near at 10:52 A.M. It again walked
around the carcass, looking towards it very suspiciously. A
raven came down and passed close to this Condor before it lit
on the ground. As this raven flew by the Condor ducked down and
dodged to the side. Both the Condor and raven flew into the air at
10:55 A.M. and returned uphill to circle above where Eagle and
other raven are feeding on deer carcass. After circling here a
few moments the condor returned to hover above the lower
jackrabbit carcass near which it had previously lit.
The Eagle left the deer carcass and flew down to where the
condor was hovering above the lower carcasses at 10:58 A.M.
The condor then flew uphill and lit on the ground about
fifteen feet from the deer carcass. As the Condor was standing
looking at the deer carcass, the Eagle returned from below
and dove at the Condor that immediately took wing and
was chased a short distance by the Eagle. The Eagle then
flew down and moving slowly past the lower Jackrabbit
carcass, which the Condor had lit a few minutes before, and
into the wind and heading downhill, it grasped this rabbit
carcass in its talons and very slowly, with no
flapping of the wings, raised the carcass off the ground,
gliding downhill into a stiff breeze from the east, it carried the
carcass down about one quarter mile where it went in among
thick oak trees and disappeared. This at 11:00 A.M.
The Condor that had continued to remain hovering above
the baits landed on the ground near another of the lower—