California condor survey field notes, v1477
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California Condor Eben McMillan 19 June 1969 opened at the front to his Naval, showed that the warm weather of the interior was having its effects on Phil who had been spending much time of late years doing archeological work on the islands off the Santa Barbara Coast. Phil Orr told me of finding the remains of a new species of Condor in the diggings he is presently working at on one of the Coastal Islands. This bird is much larger than the Rancho la Brea Condor, he said. Mr. Orr said the group that he was with, and headed by Supervisor Hansen, were all camped two hours away near the foot of the Santa Ynez Mts. I mentioned to Mr. Orr that by the time they got back to camp over that hot, dusty, road they would need a good drink of whiskey. To this Mr. Orr mentioned his fear that there would be any whiskey left when they returned for he said they had left two others in camp who probably had all the whiskey consumed by then. Supervisor Hansen seemed to have considerable difficulty in getting more than two of his group to climb the steps up to the balcony from where he was pointing out the Pabeg area on ridge between Santa Barbara and Salisbury Potheros, as well as the area on Sierra Madre Ridge where a gap had to be filled in whereby automobile traffic could come on through to Montgomery Pothero with no trouble. As it is now, only jeeps and Trail Bikes can make this trip with, of course, four- wheel vehicles included. They seemed more concerned with seeking the shade under the lookout and talk of Condor. Supervisor Hansen soon came down from the balcony and -