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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