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California Condor
Eben B. Millan
16 January 1964
behind the rocky ridge north of Sulphur Canyon, while traveling
in the general direction of the Hole-in-the-Wall. This Condor
did not present me with a good opportunity to make out any
feather patterns in its wings. It could have been the same bird that
made the long flight southward and across the Santa Clara Valley a
few minutes earlier. When this Condor was lost from sight the time
was 11:36 a.m.
At 11:39 a Golden Eagle was sighted circling above the
ridge between the headwaters of Toms Canyon and Soda Creek where
the Percy Ranch is located.
Ian and I had lunch and left camp in the pickup, driving
towards Percy Ranch. We met Mr. Eugene Percy below his
upper corrals as he was coming up the mountain road in his
Jeep with salt for his cattle. It was at this time that Mr. Percy
gave us the proper names for the watersheds near his Ranch.
The Canyon which the road follows coming to the Percy Ranch
that is a west fork of Hopper Canyon, and which I have been
describing as Little Hopper Canyon, is named, according to Mr.
Percey (Toms Canyon). The Canyon or watershed, in which the Percy Ranch
home is situated is known as Soda Creek and has been termed Percy
Canyon by me up until today. The Canyon to the north of Soda Creek and
which has been termed Gill Well Canyon by me before, is known as
Sulphur Canyon, the name I will use in all future references to this watershed
where we camped the last Two Nights.
Mr. Eugene Percy again stated that he thought Condor fly out over
his area more on days when a strong east wind is blowing. He has
stated before that he feels Condor follow the west side of the