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Gymnogyps californianus
10 January 1946
Berkeley, Cal.
on a birding trip. On 20 December Dan McLean talked & showed movies at C.O.C. meeting. These in-
cluded condor pictures taken in Napper Basin. Extensive shots of one adult perching perched
on a Ps. near Parking Knoll. Apparently taken in
a.m. before takeoff; in warm weather I judged
as ruff was down. Pictured also was
Frank Arundell holding Oscar at #1 nest
cave. Oscar's wings were entirely downy
dark gray) and floppy -- for Frank held
Oscar by elbows & reduced wings up
& down. Oscar reached up to snap at
Frank's face or hat at one time. McLean
also said a man named Roland (?) Curtis
had seen a condor between Sacramento &
Roseville recently. McLean showed pictures
two of the "condor cafeteria" on Oil Ridge S.
of Fillmore. Coyote carcasses were laid
out near a blind. The photos showed
only a single golden eagle feeding. McLean
said one shadow which passed over was
that of a condor, & also that as many
as 18 condors came there. It is
not improbable that this number did
looked over the bait, but I doubt that
they fed at such an artificial setup-