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Granite Station
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California Condor Eben McMillan 29 February 1964
the hill came and joined the three circling south of the hill top,
then drove to this area where Mrs. Farnsworth had seen the
Condor on 26 February and went to the home of Edna Williams,
seeing a Golden Eagle circling the South Top at Round Hill as
I turned off the main road, Edna Williams had seen,
not heard of, no Condor. I also visited at the home of
Jim Ben and Nona Williams. They had not seen Condor but
late although they had heard of Frank Stockton seeing
Condor in the Granite Station area on 12 and 13 February
1964. (See letter from Frank Stockton dated Feb. 13-1964).
Jim Ben Williams thought that the long dry spell that
had matured most of the grass on the south facing
exposures in the Granite Station area had created a
situation whereby more rain now would do little good in
the lowlands although benefiting the forage grasses
a great deal at the higher elevations where
the summer range was still mostly frozen over and
would commence to grow soon now with the
coming of warmer weather.
I left the Granite Station area at 3:00 p.m. heading
west. Stopping at the home of Mrs. Moore, that is near
the Woody, Famosa, road. She nor her husband had
seen, nor heard, of Condor. They had noticed that
Buzzards were in about a week early having come
by their area about 12 February instead of the usual
arrival date of February 19th that Mrs. Moore
claimed is the usual return date of Buzzards to her...