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California Condor
Eben Mcmillan
16 may 1964
about four months old, yesterday, in what I thought was
the last hours of life, but found it today in the same spot,
in about the same shape, being unable to get up, but
still being capable of being startled when one would jump
Towards it and wave his hands. When this was done the
calf would react with a start, as if it were going to
get up quickly, but that is all that would happen. It
could not get its body off the ground. On one occasion
this Calf uttered a plaintive bowl.
Returning to west side of Cholame valley, retracing
my route, I Saw Two pair of Burrowing Owls along the
east side foothills. Crossing the culvert under which
pumped Water now flows to water the Cattle just
west of the Kerr Grade road turnoff, from the main
Cholame flats Road, I Noticed One Cow that had
just expired last night while the two Cows that I had
photographed yesterday were still alive and in about
the Same Stage of living as they were Yesterday. Someone
had Put New hay in front of these Cows but other Cattle Were
eating it up instead of the distressed animals.
Driving southward along foothills, from foot of Kerr
Grade, I lett my pickup in the headwaters of the first
large Canyon south of Kerr Grade and hiked along the
ridge top following the dividing fence between the White
Property and Cholame Rancholands in search of a fresh
carcass on which Condor could be feeding, having seen
Condor in this area a few days ago. No fresh bodies -