California condor survey field notes, v1477
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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