California Condor Eben Inghamillan 10 June 1964 It was damp this morning with a thin Coastal ground fog blowing in about 6:30 A.M. on a cool west wind. This fog lifted about 8:00 A.M., but the sun remained shaded by a low layer of clouds that did not look like the rain holding type. I left home at 8:30 A.M. and drove to Avenal, in Fresno, County where I chatted with several Shepherds who are tending flocks of Sheep that are on the barley stubble south and west of Avenal. The shepherds had seen Raven and Buzzards come and feed on dead sheep, but no Condor. I saw several Buzzards wheeling above a dead sheep Carcass that lay about one quarter mile north of highway 33 and about one mile Northwest of Avenal. One Buzzard was on the ground feeding on this Carcass. A Shepherds Camp was about 1/2 mile west of where it lay. Another dead sheep Carcass that appeared to have been eaten on considerably lay south of the 33 highway about 1/4 mile and one mile west of Avenal. A Shepherds Camp was within 200 yards of this Carcass. Two Raven and two Turkey Buzzards were circling above this Carcass when I was chatting with the two Shepherds who were in the Camp Nearby. Driving towards Coalinga on highway 33 I found the dried Carcass of an immature Golden Eagle that was lying about six feet north of the edge of the pavement, on the west bank of the Wash that crosses highway 33 about two -