California Condor Eben Mcmillan 10 May 1964 Drove down Palo Prieta Canyon heading for Cholame flats at 7:45 A.M. I wanted to make sure that Condor were not coming in early and leaving before Noon. Lower Palo Prieta Eagle was on Nest, feeding young I suppose, and flew out to circle over Bruce canyon, at the moment I drove by. Two Buzzards were on ground by cow carcass that lay near spring on Maule flat. This number increased to Seven by 9:15 A.M. I had bumped the [illegible] of a sheep we had butchered last night on ridge [illegible] one-quarter mile north of foot of Kern grade. I saw a Weasel that stood on its hind legs and looked at me from the mouth of a Gopher hole. This is one of the springs when Weasels in this area have an explosion in population or at least one can see Weasels quite common now and perhaps several years will pass before more of these little mammals will be seen again. As I walked away from the pickup, towards the carcass of a Calf that lay nearest the roadway, I saw what appeared to be the same Turkey Buzzard that was paralyzed in its legs on 8 May, on the carcass of this same Calf. Today, this Buzzard seemed much improved and could stand and when in flight, did not dangle its legs as it did on 8 May. I think a [illegible] of Lewis Woodpecker are nesting in one of the old death trees that still stand inside the Netting enclosure where the spring of water used to be on Maule flat. At least one Lewis Woodpecker flew from a hole in this tree when another came and called. Very little wind blowing on Cholame flats at 10:00 A.M. and the sun was rather warm. Not a cloud was in the sky. At 10:10 A.M. I saw two Condor circling low, and —