california condor Eben McMillan 29 may 1964 I was in Arvin at 6:45 a.m., where I phoned Dan, and also my home after which I drove up Sheep Trail Grade, arriving at Norsethief Camp as squirrel poisoning crew were ready to leave on horseback, to scatter poison. Dan Garcia was not accompanying the crew today as a new man had arrived to replace Howard Binkley who was to remain at Ranch Headquarters to work while Lee King had recuperated to the point whereby he was going to work this morning. This being the case Dan Garcia did not have a horse that was trustworthy which he could ride. Thus he took the County Pickup and drove out to study the area on the Rex Ellsworth Ranch that still remains to be poisoned. I hiked south from Norsethief Camp in search of the wounded condor, that was shot yesterday, should it have went down in an area in which it could be seen. The morning was clear. A brisk west wind blew over the ridges, but it was calm and warm in the steep canyon bottoms. The ground over which I hiked had been poisoned, some of it as late as yesterday. While I hiked I could see members of the squirrel poisoning crew working to the south- east of my position, about one mile. I also could see Dan Garcia, driving his pickup out on Points that overlooked the valley below, and hiking about investigating the squirrel poisoning operation. Turkey Buzzards were seen hunting the area from 9:15 a.m., or throughout the day. At 11:50 a.m. I returned to camp to find Warden -