Field notes, v1400
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Gymnogyps californianus March 2, 1946 Hopper Canyon, Calif. Drove to Hopper Rim and was secured in Pyramid L0at 4:30 p.m. Sky 2/0 alto- cumulus, 67ºF., fair westerly breeze. Saw no condors or way up Pole Canyon tho I stopped several times and surveyed the bluffs and skyline. Met Pete Logan for the first time since my return. He said coy tes were very thick & had killed his goats - 40 all told. He once saw a group of 3 and Alan Arundell, to Pete said, told him of seeing 7. I discovered no roosting or other condor activity except at Big Cave area and one bird in a pothole on East Cliffs (200± above Hopper Creek). This latter seemed to be an advanced immature and was still as before at 5:15 p.m. Maximum condor count was 12. Between 4:30 and 5 there were up to 5 condors at once atop Big Cave tho I could see no water there. 3+ of these were on mudholes 100± back from the cliff brink - water there? Saw one adult "chase" another, both swooping low in front of Big Cave, then rising sharply, flapping. One alighted atop cliff & the other continued soaring. 2+ saw one adult land in a small pothole already containing an