Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
Gymnogyps californianus
18 January 1946 San Francisco, Calif.
gate, they said. There is now a road along
Napper Rim, across to the east above Oscar's
nest, then toward Big Cave. A tractor trail
runs from this road to the creek below
Big Cave. These men thought the tractor trail
should be allowed to grow over as it made the
nest too accessible. On one occasion a dead
dog, found on highway, was laid out in the
open rock near Oscar's & the photographers hid
in a nearby cave - but no results. On
another occasion they got a goat from Pete
Legan & let-laid it out near same spot - no
photographs, but upon returning to the area
later they flushed a bunch of condors from
the spot. Dr Bleitz of Hollywood may have
gotten some pictures there which included condors.
Bleitz takes only 4x5 stills - Kodachrome
with 16" telephoto lens. Worle uses a Rollicord
for stills & a 16 mm. movie camera with
up to 6" telephoto lens for movie work (Koda-chrome). Worle has about 100 black &
white prints of the youngster & one adult
at the nest & about 1 1/2 hrs. of 16 mm.
movies - much of excellent quality. The
others present including Dr. Kell apparently
had taken no pictures of condors. The brother