California Condor Eben McMillan 20 July 1964 At 3:20 P.M. Two doe deer that have been coming to the spring below the house for water, and to the apricot tree to feed on falling apricots, for the last six weeks were under the apricot tree to-day. Both these deer have marks in their ears that makes them identifiable. The lighter colored, of these two does, had two very small fawn, near Dove Spring, on my property, on June 9, 1964. This doe has a deep swallowtail in the left ear and a small upper-bit in the right ear. The darker colored doe has a deep slash in the upper edge of the left ear. When first coming to the apricot tree during last week of June this darker doe had one fawn that was some older than the twins. All came to water and [illegible] on apricots and would spend the warm days among willows below house. Today no fawn were to be seen nor have we seen fawn with these doe for the last four days. The single fawn was the first to [illegible]. We saw it last, about one week ago, as it left the spring in the evening, without its mother who had [illegible] earlier, passed up the hill, to the west of the spring, this fawn lay down three separate times. We were not surprised when it did not show up the next day nor any day thereafter. The [illegible] fawn weakened steadily the last ten days, becoming roughcoated roughcoated and wobbly on their legs as well as losing apparent fear of man, for on an occasion a week ago they both came and fed on -