California condor survey field notes, v1477
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California Condor: Eben Mcmillan 27 Jul/1964 On 24 June 1964, while talking with Ken Millar in Santa Barbara, he was describing to me the number of bird species that had come to the bird feeder he and Mrs. Millar maintain at their home in the foothills behind Montecito and about three miles S.E. of Santa Barbara. He claimed to have recorded some 104 species of birds about or over his yard, one of which is the California Condor. Two Condors circled high above his home on one occasion. Last evening I put the carcass of a spike deer, which we picked up at roadside 100 yards west of Shinnon Canyon bridge on highway 46 about 6 miles west of Shandon this afternoon, on the hillside about 300 yards south of my grain tank, here at home. One Turkey Vulture fed on this carcass briefly at 3:00 p.m. Three Turkey Vultures circled my house and although drifting back above the deer carcass left without lighting near it at 3:30 p.m.