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California Condor
Eben McMillan
11 September 1964
from their respective fence posts and were it not that they
saw the white under the wings of these three birds they would
not have believed them to be condors, for they were small and
Shedden Condors not nearly as large as the 9 Condor that flew from
beyond, and around a hill, from where these birds were at.
Mr. Shedden felt sure they must have been young birds due
to not only to their small size, but also to the fact that two
of them had black heads. Richard Shedden who is
about 18 years old also commented on the small size
of these three birds and even used the term little
in their description.
Both Bertram Jr. and his son Richard Shedden both
told us of seeing Mexican Eagles commonly in the
area of their ranch and mentioned that a neighbor of
theirs had only lately observed one of these Eagles
pick up a young fawn deer as it ran down a hill,
Bertrand Shedden
carry the fawn aloft and drop it. He also mentioned
an incident of years past where a Mexican Eagle had
picked up a dog belonging to his brother and carried
it aloft before dropping it to the ground evidently unhurt.
Bertram Shedden Jr. also told us he had never observed a Buzzard
west of the San Emigdio Ranch and upon further discussion
repeated he had never seen Buzzards on his ranch. He has
seen crows, he said.
The matter of his seeing the 60 plus Condor in Santiago
canyon in November was brought up for review and after
considerable discussion he was questioned about his —