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Gymnogyps californianus
March 15, 1946 Hopper Canyon, Cal.F.
small. The water was somewhat soiled as if
from birds bathing or wading. There are no
new condor tracks further up the creek. 5 condors
soared near the Big Cave area at this time-per-
haps on account of me. Measured some con-
dor pieces 20" long x 2 3/4" offset, 16"x1".
The length of one track from center of front
claw to center of hind one - 7" average of
several with little variation. Widths aver-
aged 4 1/2 " (claw center to claw center). Some
were 4 3/4 & one 5 3/4". At 10:40 I peered over
the cliff top & saw an adult standing on
Whitewash Ledge. About 10:50 I again looked
over the edge - an imm. was running back
about 20' above adult & another imm. stand-
ing 20+ 'below. Both immatures had the
white tips of greater secondary coverts form-
ing a distinct line. Lower one had down
just above tarsi for 1+". Both had backs
of neck & head feathered. Apparently both
perfectly fledged - no large feathers miss-
ing or battered. Birds of 1975? Perhaps.
I took a photo of the ledge & birds from
about 200' away - they seemed concerned
about me but did not fly. At about 11:00
the adult took off with a sudden jump