California Condor Eben McMillan 27 May 1964 16 May 1964, at a picnic area on their ranch about 4 miles north- east of Woody. Mrs. Woody said that except for the interest of her son, who is currently attending U.C. at Davis, none of the others would have recognized this bird as a condor. But once brought to their attention by her son all members of the group who were attending a picnic, enjoyed seeing the bird, and were all of the opinion that with the peculiar white markings under the wings it was a very beautiful sight to see and that all felt every measure should be promoted to insure the perpetuation of this species. I met Mr. George Moore on the road from Woody to Delano. Mr. Moore is the Kern County representative in a program that is currently in force to poison squirrels throughout this county. He has been poisoning squirrels in the Woody-Granite Station- Famosa area for the last two weeks. We ate our lunches together. Mr. Moore has lived in the Woody area all of his Seventy plus years. He was born not many miles from Blue Mountain. His recollections of condor in early days was rather dim. I doubt that many people of the pioneer group that settled the foothill country of Western Sierra Nevada's had any interest in condor. The fact that they did not recognize condor, now causes those many of those still living, to think condor were not present in the early days of the settlement of this country. George Moore has not seen condor this year. The squirrel poisoning operation he has been overseeing and- [illegible] [illegible]