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California Condor
Eben McMillan
25 June 1969
on an egg in Nest No. 5 during early spring months in the
mid afternoon hours and probably in late fall again.
Oak and [illegible] Big Cone spruce trees grow in front of the
Entrance to Cave of Nest No. 5. A Condor flying into this
cave would have to come in from above and could not
fly in from below. A Big Cone Spruce grows near the
ledge on which the Condor perched with uplifted wings
that Leoford photographed. No tree is in sight in Leoford's
photograph while a photo could not be taken now without
the tree-top being in the picture. I would think it possible
that some Condor nest sites could become unusable for
Condors due to growth of trees nearby. This location
will probably never become totally unusable as a
nest site for Condor so long as they inhabit the Sespe Valley.
We were standing in rubble where Bat Spur commences
below Whiteacre Peak when we spotted Condor a long distance
to our east over West Cobblestone Mountain Complex. This
bird, after circling a bit, came west and went out of
sight into Agua Blanca Canyon and behind Whiteacre Peak.
This was at 11:58 A.M. At 12:03 another Condor was
observed coming from Cobblestone into Agua Blanca and
dipped from sight behind the rock outcrop on which Nest
No. 5 is located, but well towards the bottom of the
Agua Blanca canyon. This Condor came into sight
soon after disappearing and was last seen by me
passing up Agua Blanca. As this bird circled below
I could see well defined bars on the back of wings—