california Condor Eben Mcmillan 22 April 1964 Some clouds still were about from a weak storm front that Passed through this area Yesterday. No appreciable moisture was left by this storm. Stock Outlook Range conditions are very poor east of the San Juan river and Cholame Valley. The Bitterwater Valley is without any green grass and what dry forage remains is limited to very short and sparse brome grass. Most crops Are in bud shape. The area from the mouth of the Bitterwater Valley on to Lost hills is completely void of any vegetation. Some places did not even germinate grass seed this spring. From Bakersfield, Calif. I phoned John Rofer who had seen no condor for several months. He said that a man who worked for him on his property in the Battlesnake Grade area about fifteen miles N.E. of Bakersfield claimed to have seen a Condor there on March 31, 1964. Rofer said this man should know Condor having been raised in the Rancheria area. From Bakersfield, cal. I also phoned J.B. Williams of Granite Station who had neither heard nor seen of Condor since reporting sightings to me early in the year. J.B. Said the feed was drying fast in all areas below Granite Station and that the south slopes were drying above. He said they had lots of feed and their cattle were all in very good shape. He thought the sheep had left the foothills below Woodr and Granite Station several weeks ago, after having stayed in that area longer than they usually do. Also phoned Mrs. Glen Becoud who lives below Oak Flat Lookout on south end of Greenhorn Mountain. She nor any