California Condor Iban Macmillan 17 June 1964 I drove to Cholame flats at 2:00 p.m. Cattle are dying at Accelerated an [illegible] rate now. One soon looses track of the number of dead cows and calves within sight of the road. 22 cows lay bleaching in one sand pit at the foot of Kerr Grade where they had been dragged after dying At the water near where the Kerr Grade road turns off the main Cholame Valley Road. Newly dead critters were on the field grounds. Ten Turkey vultures were circling about the area from Gene Rambos to Kerr Grade. At one time four Turkey vultures were seen feeding on the remains of poisoned ground Squirrels near the wooden gate going into Rumbo Property and three more were at the same time feeding on squirrel remains on a hillside north of Kerr Grade. This area has been poisoned with Compound 1080 within the last ten days. These vultures seem to prefer squirrel remains even though a plethora of livestock [illegible] lay dead in every stage of decayification. Perhaps the carrion eaters get tired of a steady diet on one type of food. Eagle - A young Golden Eagle was sailing about the area to the east of Kerr Grade. This bird was not long out of the nest and at this stage [illegible] use their wrist a great deal more than do adults, thereby giving these young Eagles the appearance of a Condor in flight. At a distance whereby the white tail, or wing spots, could not be seen, one could [illegible] mis-identify these birds as Condors. Condor I left Cholame Flats at 4:30 p.m. No Condor.