California condor survey field notes, v1477
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california condor. Eben McMillan 9 August 1964 in February, March or April of 1964. He said the weather was cold and stormy when he saw these birds. I was at Lake of The Woods check station at 9:30 A.M. Don Hoots told me that good numbers of Deer. hunters had come since well before daylight this morning making up more in numbers than had left the area yesterday evening. He said the figure of 12,000 hunters and 2,600 cars was still considered a good estimate. Ed Green told me that 128 pounds, hog dressed, was the largest buck that had been brought in so far. He also said that most deer being killed were yearling bucks, most of which were in poor shape, the average weight of which were going at about 65 pounds field dressed. I drove to Top of West Mt. Pinos and took up a watch for condor there. Trail Bikes were working across North fork of Lockwood Creek on Sawmill and Grouse Mountain. Three Trail-bikes were seen [illegible] bouncing along the trail that leads from Mt. Pinos to [illegible] Cerro Nordeste Mountain. Four men on the three bikes were all dressed in red, carried guns, and when not traveling on the bikes, talked in loud voices to one another that could be heard across the wide deep canyon that separated me from them. Two young men from Los Angeles came, parked their small car at 12:45 P.M. and hiked about for one hour. Returning to their car they told me they were looking for condor. At 1:30 P.M. I saw a condor circle briefly above the point of east [illegible] Mt. Pinos. This bird was very vulnerable to shooting as it circled a bit above this rocky outcrop