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California Condor Eben McMillan 26 February 1964
After circling the area the Condor returned to the area near
the Lower Jackrabbit Carcass at 11:16 A.M., but after standing
and looking at the carcass for ½ minute it again flew and
circled the area. This was repeated again at 11:19 A.M.
Another Condor came in from the North at 11:20 A.M. Two
Condor were now hovering above the baits. An immature Golden
Eagle came in and lit near the Carcass of One of the Upper
Jackrabbits upon which it soon fed. After feeding on this
rabbit Carcass for about 60 seconds this eagle took into
the air, dragging the Carcass of the rabbit with it, along
the ground seemingly for about Twenty feet, where the hill
pitched off rather steeply, where the eagle now got airborne
with the rabbit for a distance of about Two hundred feet,
when it dropped the rabbit remains into the bottom of the
canyon below, or a drop of about 100 feet.
At 11:21 our Condor landed on ground near deer Carcass.
An eagle came and fed on another of the Upper Jackrabbits
Carcasses while the other Condor circled above. The Condor on
the ground left the deer Carcass at 11:24 without having
fed on it. This Condor dropped into Canyon where Eagle had
dropped the rabbit. Eagle still feeding on upper rabbit Carcass.
One Condor lands near Lower Jackrabbit Carcass at 11:25 A.M.
after repeating the acts of earlier of standing and looking,
and circling the rabbit Carcass suspiciously, this Condor flew
into the air again and hovered above at 11:26 A.M.
Many Raven still So And Come from deer Carcass and Eagle
still feeding on upper Carcass of rabbit at 11:30 while Two -