California Condor Eben McMillan 28 May 1964 in his mind from the very beginning. Warden John Reed came. I followed him to Tejon Corrals at mouth of Comanche Creek where I left my pickup, Got in with Warden Reed in State car and drove with him to Horse Thief Camp. As we started up the sheep-trail grade we met Dan Garcia coming down grade. He told us that should we wish to arrive at Horse Thief Camp in time to find the men there, that we would have to hurry, for they had been preparing to drive on to Ranch Headquarters, in Cumming's Valley, as he was leaving thirty minutes before. We drove up sheep-trail grade in a hurry but found the Horse Thief Camp vacated of all men when we arrived. Continuing directly on to the Ranch Headquarters of Ray Ellsworth, in Cumming's Valley, we first drove to the house of Ranch Manager Bill Bailey. When we mentioned our mission to him he voiced much concern at losing the efforts of Mr. Binkley should we take him away to jail for he mentioned having much trouble in keeping hired help on the place. He nevertheless was not in favor of allowing anyone to shoot at, or hit, Condor without their being apprehended. Mr. Bailey stated that he was not in favor of destroying any form of wildlife that was not doing any direct harm to humans. He said he first saw Condor last Fall when five or six of them came to feed on a dead steer that had died in a small field Northwest of his house, Mr. Bailey mentioned that he thought Condor and Buzzards did a service to livestock men by cleaning up dead animals Carcasses that would otherwise rot and breed flies while-