811 Choice Valley California Condor Eben McMillan 12 July 1964 At 1:35 P.M. an adult condor was observed circling above my house while 7 or 8 Turkey vultures were concentrating about the hilltop 3/8th of a mile south of my house. This Condor was joined at 1:40 P.M. by another adult Condor that came in from the west and circled very high. Both these Condor drifted eastward, circling. At 1:43 P.M. a spot in the wing condor was observed circling above the same hill where the Turkey vultures were still dipping out of sight behind. This young Condor had the small dark spot in very white under-wing small feathers. It had 5th and 6th Primaries missing in right wing. The left wing also had a primary feather missing but I had no opportunity to record which feather was missing. The Imm. Bird had dark head. It moved eastward, circling and gaining altitude. At 1:49 P.M. it went into flat glide and when last sun at 1:50 P.M. was still flying East by Southeast down over the center of the Choice Valley. The dark spot of the immature bird, in the bright white of the underwing, matched that of the spot-in-the-wing bird I photographed at foot of Kerr Grade on 1 May 1964. Color slide just received from National Geographic Society show this bird of May 1-1964 to be a Ring-Neck also. Mrs. McMillan and I drove south of our home to see what the Turkey vultures had been interested in when the Condor came in and circled. We found no vultures there. No doubt the Turkey vultures were stopping at the water trough over Pass from water well for a drink.