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California Condor
Eben McInilian
14 September 1969
2 more dead cows.
Mrs. Farnsworth drove us east of Rock Corral where she
pointed out two cow carcasses that had been dead less than
two weeks, neither of which had been eaten on by
Turkey vultures or condor. We returned to our Camp 300 yds.
east of Farnsworth home at 10:20 A.M.
Two adult Condor flew Northwest past "Bowe Yard" at
11:40 A.M., and continued onward, slowly, and high, until
out of sight. The Turkey vultures were much thinned out
at 12:00 noon, only 25 or 30 being seen about. We
left for Springville at 12:15 P.M.
Arrived in Springville at 1:45 P.M., where we visited with
Mr. Frank Mires who works at County Hospital in
Springville and who, with his wife, is a very ardent
Condor watcher. From our conversation with Mr.
Mires we found that his wife keeps records for
Audubon field Notes and sends them in to Mr.
Chase in Berkeley, for it was through these Notes and
records Mrs. Mires sent in that Alden Miller had
notified us of her whereabouts and that she had
been observing Condor.
We drove to the Mires home and meeting Mrs. Mires,
a middle aged lady who was born and raised in the
Springville area, received information on the Condor
sighting records she had already mailed Jan. 7. The
records record of 23 Condor that Jan received some time
ago from warden Bob Fischer of Tuft whereby he had been
a member of a group who had observed the 20 plus-