California Condor Elen McMillan 2 September 1964 At 5:15 we hiked from campsite to where Bull Carcass lay to photograph a Black-headed Condor that Blodgy had been watching with the Glasses for some time. I got two shots 17 this bird perched in an Oak tree at 60 yards distance before it flew to another death Oak about 1/4 mile away. I got several shots of this bird as it left this last Oak - the evening light may work to a disadvantage in getting a good print here. This Condor turned out to be a Black Bird - Small Black Head- overall brown coloration with no wing bars alone and dark muddy white under the wings, and in perfect plumage. Leaving the last dead Oak, this Condor flew along with 100 plus Buzzards at 7:20 P.M. and lit in Pine on South facing hill to the Southeast of our camp 1/4 mile. At + 10 minutes after sunset the Black Condor flew from Pine and dropped down on Oaks in Canyon where the dead Cattle are hauled That die near the Farmsworth Ranch buildings. One of these Cattle, a Cow that had been hauled here within the last 3 or 4 days, and on which many Buzzards and probably some Condor had fed, was 60 feet from where the Black Condor lit. At 7:21 this Black Condor lowered down out of sight where the Cow Carcass was. At 7:40 P.M., after feeding for 19 minutes, this black Condor flew up from where the Cow Carcass was and easily flew, in the gathering dusk, along North facing hill to a pine on which it Perched on the very tip top. At 7:42 the Black Condor left this tree and flew 200 yards East and lit in the top of a -