California Condor Eben McMillan 16 January 1964 Hopper Mountain, and Hopper Rim, on days when the west winds are blowing. We may have good reason for this thinking, for Today, we saw but few condor and know down in Hopper Canyon Proper. Both Ian and I feel that when a strong east wind is blowing down Hopper canyon, Condor, in [illegible] elevation when leaving the roost area, of the Hole-in-the-wall, would probably fly down Canyon, holding their altitude, slip around ridge into Sulphur Creek, from the North, follow the upcurrents of wind up Sulphur Canyon and come out on top of Hopper Mountain with plenty of elevation so in any direction they might choose. We have seen Condor coming up out of the lower reaches of Sulphur Canyon in the early morning on numerous occasions. With a south, or west wind, things would be different. Condor could fly out from their perch in The Hole-in-the-wall and hitting The rising updrafts of wind gain elevation and head in any direction of their choosing. This could explain Mr. Percy's theory on why Condor are seen over his Soda Creek range more on days of high east wind than on calm days. We returned the keys to the Elder Percy in Fillmore and while there stopped in at 2:30 p.m. to visit Jack Gains. Mrs. Gains told us that Jack had just taken their daughter to the school for music lessons and would come right home to talk with us. Mr. Bennett, chief fire Control Officer from the the @Jai Office of U.S. Forest Service, also arrived at the Jack Gains home. We chatted with us for about 10 minutes after which Mr. Gains had not returned, even though his wife had phoned him, so we left for home. while talking with Mr. Bennett we were told that [illegible] Mountain Lookout -