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California Condor
Eben McMillan
4 Aug. 1964
At 6:50 p.m. Today I saw a Swainson's hawk circling
above the roadway ΒΌ mile west of my house. Clouds obscured
the sun making it somewhat difficult to see the coloration
under this bird's wings, but it appeared to have been of
the dark phase. I enter this observation as evidence
that Swainson's hawks do pass through this area
in August. This matter is important in assessing the
observation of 60 plus Condor in Southwestern Kern
County, in August, by Mr. Bert Snedden.
Turkey vultures are still about although he saw
a flock of 18 birds last Sunday, August 1, at
4:00 p.m., at mouth of Shell Creek, 6 miles S.E. of
Shandon that indicated they might have been on
migration -