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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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Gymnogyps californianus
18 January 1946 san Francisco Calif.
of adult
wingspread was 8'2" (+) without great stretching. Adult had definite pink spots on tarsus in front of heels. Adult was tired to point of lying quite still at times while photos were being taken.
The group also collected feathers & pellets (condors? - I doubt it) from below White Wash Ledge. Pictures of one adult drinking were obtained - the bird flew up onto cliff top from below in the morning -- probably it roosted on White Wash Ledge or near it. Adult nibbled, picked up, & dropped a limp object 4" long while drinking. The pool bottom & sand nearly atop Big Cove was covered with tracks in the photos.
Work plans to complete & show a condor movie. He is working on this picture too so may not finish for a year or more. Dr. Miller explained the condor protection project to us & Will & it was agreed that nothing should be released which would arouse too much condor interest until protective measures were in effect. Will had talked with Pemberton & Crandall about condor protection & the possibility of setting Napper Basin as a refuge on a previous