California condor survey field notes, v1477
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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