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California Condor
Eben Mcmillan
3 June 1964
Ian also specifically asked Warden Clanton, was he correct
in stating that the first time he (Ian) stopped by at Clanton's
office in Bakersfield, Calif., that a monthly meeting of Clanton
and the Game Wardens under his jurisdiction was in session,
and at this time when asked by Ian as to whether he
had observed any Condor of late, or some statement to
that effect, Warden Clanton answered him with the
statement, that, even though it might seem ridiculous for
him to say, he (Clanton) would still have to admit that
were a Condor to fly over he would not be able to
identify it with certainty. To this question of Ian's,
Warden Clanton stated thus to the best of his knowledge that
was the case. The factor making this statement of Warden Clanton's
important was how it showed the integrity of the man. Here was
a Public Official who was not afraid to tell the Truth.
Ian and I drove to Los Angeles in P.M. where we spent
the time from 2:30 P.M. to 4:25 P.M. with Dr. Kenneth Stager,
Senior Curator of Ornithology and Mammalogy at the
Los Angeles County Museum in Exposition Park, Los Angeles.
Our first interest was in seeing and getting the data on
the Warden Stockton Condor as well as the Trapped Condor
that was found hanging in a tree, south of Bakersfield, in
1947. Dr. Stager gave us at his valuable time and personally saw
that all Condor material in the collection was made
available for our records.
There seems to be every indication that the Stockton
Condor did not die of broken bones or bruises as was -