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Glennville
895
California Condor Eben McMillan 14 September 1964
The 200 plus Turkey vultures left their roosts at 6:25 A.M.,
at least 30 minutes before sunrise, and scattered about the
area, some lighting near carcasses at "bone yard" while most
settled in treetops within 1/4 mile of these carcasses while a
few moved across valley and lit in treetops near where old
Bull carcass lays 1/4 mile north of Furnsworth Burn. No
Condors among them. I and I hiked to carcasses at
bone yard- Six adult carcasses are there now that appear to
have been dragged there this fall, while at least two young
drop calves have been added to the lot since Gladys and
I were here on September 1-1964. I photographed two
black headed immature Turkey vultures and also two dirty
reddish headed Turkey vultures that I took to be yearlings,
also photo of red-headed adult.
came at
Mrs. Furnsworth 9:10 A.M. and took us in her Jeep Towards
the east where the sub-adult was sitting in the dead pine when
we left last night. As we turned off the public road
and started up Morrison ridge, westward, one adult
Condor came in from east and circled above
us quite high. As I photographed this bird another
Condor was noted circling south of us near the rocky
SE slope of Morrison ridge below the lower water trough.
I photographed this bird also as a means of identification
later on. We then drove to dead pine and noted a
Condor perched on the opposite side of the tree on a
lowering limb, from where we left the sub-adult last
evening. I attempted to photograph this bird as it flew-