ogswell 1948 Cathartes aura Dec. 18. Tornales Bay area, Marin Co., Calif. at least 21 different individuals seen (we counted progressively, from car, keeping watch that those behind us didn't get recounted) around 5, and 6 over hills NE of bay with 2 of the total circling over Tornales Point. This seems an unusually large number for so far N. at this season. Dec. 21 - Caspar Rd., 3/2 mi to 5+ mi. E & 1 1/2 mi. S. of Port Hueneme, Ventura Co., Calif. - 10 or more seen, some of them sitting about on low fence posts or in trees. This is a normal wintering area apparently, for I've seen the species here on every winter visit if I remember right - & that includes one in Nov., & 2 or 3 in January of different years. Dec. 29 1 mi. S. Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo Co. Calif. - 2 flew over farmland area at low altitude. Dec. 30 - Los Osos Valley, E of Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo Co., Calif. - 4 seen - Morro Bay, S.L.O. Co., Calif. - 5 seen, 2 of them soaring over ocean beach & dunes, 2 of them down on ground along tide channel in salicornia marsh. The above records indicate widespread wintering (or near-wintering) of this species coastally.