california condor Eben McMillan 28 may 1964 During this action I felt sure the one condor in particular had been brought down completely by being shot, but after falling for about twenty-five feet this condor, that had fallen, regained partial control of its power to fly and leveled off somewhat while continuing on down the canyon to the south, and east, of us, pumping its wings laboriously and c clumsily, and with one of its legs dangling loose and with every indication of being broken. I threw the binoculars on this wounded bird, as it passed by where I stood at a distance of about 200 feet, and could plainly see that the leg that was hanging free and dangling like a rag in the wind, had been broken, no doubt, above the tarsus bone for I could see feathers covering the upper portion of the part of the leg that was dangling loose below the condors body, as it flew. The wounded condor maintained flight and after passing to the east and south of Horsethief Camp it set its wings and coasted downward, passing through the low saddle in the ridge to the south of Camp and when last seen was moving downhill, coasting, with wings fixed in a set position, that if held, could carry the bird for a considerable distance while loosing altitude all the time. The second condor that came towards us at the time of the shooting gained altitude by flapping its wings at the moment the shot was fired, moved on -