California Condor Eben McMillan 13 June 1964 year she thought. Mrs. Reyes informed us that she had been thinking about Condor and the predicament they are in due to the shortage of food. She said that few cattle die any more due to the modern methods of range, and livestock, management, that there are no more deer for Condor to feed on and that this shortage of food is causing a decline in Condor numbers. She thought that were the Audubon Societies or Conservation Organizations to donate money to buy up sick and infirm cattle like the three she had taken to the auction sale last week, one old lump-jawed cow that was beyond help, one bull that had gone bad and was not doing well and [illegible] another bull that had broken down, these such animals, were money available from conservation groups, could be purchased from Mrs. Reyes, and her partner, for the same price of prevailing value and made available to Condor as food. I told her that some talk of feeding Condor was afoot and that when all the facts were in we would evaluate them and make recommendations that would be in the best interests of Condor preservation. I described to Mrs. Reyes how cattle had died all fall and winter on the San Emigdio Rancho where Condor were seen to pass over many of these carcasses only to continue on as though disinterested in anything but the most delectable items to them. Mrs. Reyes continued to mention the lack of food for Condor and stated that she and her partner had discussed this matter as a way of saving Condor. No doubt they also discussed -