California Condor Elaine Millan 2 September 1964 The Sub-adult Condor left its perch in the dead Pine at 9:43 A.M. working its way west flagging and sailing until about ½ mile to the west when it hit 7 Carrion and circled out over valley, then working its way Northeast dropped down and landed atop an Oak near where the Dead Bull lay and where 50 Buzzards were gathered. This sub-adult shows a reddish- Orange head but it is not near as large as the head of a full adult nor does it have the wattles and wrinkles that the head of a full adult has. The legs of the sub- adult are not so long as those of the full adult and of course the white under the wings has no well defined edges nor is the white so bright as is the adult. The sub-adult has well defined white bars on the back of the wing, but still not as strong a line as with the adult. Glady and I hiked up hill from Farnsworth barn at 10:00 A.M. As we neared top of ridge a Condor in Sub-Adult plumage flew over high, heading northwest, without hesitating. When we reached the Bull Carcass no sign of the sub-adult that had lit near there earlier could be seen. Mrs. Farnsworth, with the aid of a razor blade, had cut a hole in this Bull's hide about the first square on the back of the left quarter and below the arms about 6 inches. The Buzzards and other scavengers were all feeding through this opening that was now -