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California Condor
Eben McMillan
27 January 1964
The south of Bautistas Trailer house about two hundred yards, had
not been eaten by scavengers of any sort. Mr. Aleman will keep
a watch out for condor and report to me on his observations
the next time I see him.
At 12:15 P.M. We partook of our lunch on top of Mt. Poso.
The air was clear. It was also calm. One Red Tailed Hawk
was seen circling to the west of where we were at 12:30 p.m.,
otherwise no large birds showed during the hour we
spent here.
( Humans )
At 12:45 P.M. Two adults, on tote-gotes, or Trail
vehicles, came across the hills, roasting up the ridges and
Coasting down the inclines on the opposite side. They
boated about our area for Ten minutes before leaving
enterted enroute along a ridge to the Southwest. These
men did not have firearms that I could see.
At 2:15 P.M. I stopped at the Winter Field Office of
the Kern County Agricultural Commission. This is about
fifteen miles north of Bakersfield, California at the
junction of the Shafer Highway. Mr. Ben Easley, the
representative of this office who is in charge of
Rodant and Pest Control was here. Upon learning of
my mission Mr. Easley immediately commenced telling me
Brown Condor? of his implication with the Brown Condor circus that
he had known of for some time. The following is generally
his story of this affair.
Mr. Easley first learned of the Brown Condor after
it came into Mrs. Brown's possession. He said that