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California condor.
Eben McMillan
8 August 1964
Gaining the Tecuya Ridge turned east and went out of sight
Traveling Northeastward behind Tecuya Mountain. This bird
maintained a constant speed and kept to our west
and north a good distance. Both Carl Lindquest, Deputy
Sheriff Don and two Air National Guardsmen who were
repairing a short wave Radio Transmitter that sets to
the west of the Forest Service Lookout on Frazier Mt. about
200 feet.
At 2:45 p.m. a condor was observed sailing low
above the tree-tops on North Frazier Mountain. This
bird was about one mile north of the Frazier Mt. Lookout
when first observed. It made several passes over
the top of the Yellow Pines that cover the top of North
Frazier Ridge, circling back and forth as if [illegible].
After about two minutes of circling the tree-tops it then
quickly gained altitude, sailed north across Cuddy
Canyon, turned east when it came over Tecuya Ridge and
was lost from sight while still sailing towards Lebec.
A new Deputy Sheriff came to relieve Deputy Don at
1:30 p.m. The new Deputy told me the Sheriff's Officers
do not attend to Game Violations, only reporting same
to State Game Wardens should they find a game law
being broken. Deputy Sheriffs confine their activities
to the crimes to human beings and Search and Rescue. In
the activities of Search and Rescue are why the Deputy Sheriffs
are in the Mt. Pinos district of Ventura County and not to keep
Law and Order.