Field notes, v1400
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2836 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-