California Condor Eben J. McMillan 26 June 1964 We were up and on our way towards Fillmore by sunrise. As we passed [illegible] Squaw Flat a doe and fawn, both in good condition jumped from the roadway into the brush. Seldom did we travel more than a quarter mile, along this roadway, without our seeing brush-rabbits. Mt. Quail also were seen on several occasions along this road. No young Mt. Quail were seen and only one young Valley Quail was seen out of many small coveys we saw. Both Mt. and Valley Quail were moulting heavily as was shown by the V in the center of their tails when they flew, or else the numbers of loose Quail feathers along the dusty trails and in the roadway where they had come to bathe in the dust. We turned from Main Sespe Road, below Maple Creek, and drove down towards The Green Cabins. At a lookout point about one-half mile above the river bottom and one from which we could command a view of the west side of Sespe River from San [illegible] Cayetano mountain to Topa Topa mountain. The morning was hot-Calm and some high cirrus clouds. We saw no large birds in the area during the two hours we held this area under observation. A newly oiled roadway going down from where we parked our car gave us some concern. We wondered what development was responsible for this improvement. We will have to wait for later word on this. Stopped at Goleta, Santa Barbara County Fire Office, and found Rex Keet had not yet looked up the Condor photos we were anxious to see. He promised to set this for us.