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California Condor Oben McMillan 29 February 1964
Farnsworth informed me that she had mailed me a postcard on
28 February 1964 telling me of seeing more Condor in the Glennville-
Woody area. She thought the reason they were seeing more Condor than before,
in winter, was that more people had become conscious of Condor and
were watching for them now. She also wondered if it would be possible
that Condor might nest on the sides of Blue Mountain that
stands about seven or eight miles northwest of Glennville. She
had developed this thought after seeing Condor circling in that area on
numerous occasions and also watching them go in that direction from
her ranch home. I explained to her that were someone to come in and
tell me that a Condor was found nesting in the barn of Mrs. Farnsworth,
that I would go immediately to investigate, for after seeing how Condor
would come feed, and roost, near her ranch home last fall, I was
ready to believe anything about Condor. I did this, more or less, so
as not to drain her interest in Condor and her concern for their
welfare. And she could be right.
Mrs. Farnsworth told me that the road crew that saw the same
Condor that she did and wrote me about on February 26, had actually
observed the three before she and Freeland did. For she said that
as she and Freeland approached Round Hill, that is just east
of the entrance, where Edna Williams and Jim Ben Williams
Glennville
turn off the Glennville-Bakersfield Road, they saw the Condor
circling above Round Hill on the east side. As they proceeded
on around Round Hill, on the south side, being the road crew
bailed them down and pointed to the three Condor that
were circling above the south side of Round Hill.
As they watch the bird they had seen on the north side of -