California Condor Eben McMillan 9 July 1964 Gladys McMillan and I left for Glennville, Kern Co. Calif. at 6:30 A.M. A cool west wind was blowing- It was clear and dry. Passing down Bitterwater Valley we noted numbers of cattle still on the range on Ted Twisselmann lands near the mouth of the valley. What was amazing about this observation was that even though this range has been dry and forageless since early May, these cattle look remarkably good. Considerable vegetation, dry now, covers the foothills east of Famosa from Highway 65 to the Bakersfield-Woody road. East of the Bakersfield-Woody Road a tremendous carry-over of old feed is in evidence. I picked up a road-killed cottontail near Granite Station to use as bait should vultures or condor be in the Woody area today. We arrived at Farnsworth, Glennville Ranch at 8:45 A.M. After 30 minutes discussing Condor and Cattle with Mrs. Evalyn Farnsworth and obtaining the keys to the gates of their Woody Ranch property where the Rat Poisoning program went on yesterday, we drove over Bear Hollow Hill to Woody and then Northwest to Farnsworth Property that straddles both sides of the [illegible] Garces Highway and is about six miles Northwest of Woody, Kern Co. Calif. Passing Woody at 10:00 A.M., we saw a flock of seven Turkey vultures spiraling above the town. Arriving at the Garces Highway ranch of the Farnsworths we entered to the south via a locked gate. It appeared this field had been poisoned at least two days before. This property is in the exposed granite outcrop that lays along the foothills