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Gymnogyps californianus
March 22, 1946 Hopper Canyon, Calif.
toward the [illegible] in a long fly glide. about
1 mile W. of Rim it put feet halfway down, cir-
cled back, then continued on toward the falls at
Oil Well Pt. on the Big Slope, occasionally giving
a wing dip. When last seen at 9:51 it was
near the cliffs 1/4+ mile S. of the falls - not
improbably a nesting adult; early rising time
& no company do not indicate foraging. May.
be going to the nest so I found there in 1940.
At 8:40 I saw 4 cardors at Big Cove area
about 1/3 way up the cliff, perched on ledges &
occasionally shifting. 9:13, occasional light breezes,
30° F. I saw 2 adults circling near Cardor Knoll
(below Big Cove) & 2 cardors perched on Whitewash
Ledge. 9:15, three atop cliff above Whitewash Ledge &
2 on ledge & 1 on Saddle Pt. - 6 total (+1 to Slope
& one each on #11/4 #12 nests = 9). 9:25 - four
(2 ad; 2 imm.) circling over lower Cardor Canyon;
one two on Whitewash Ledge, 1 summing (for 7 1/2 minutes
continuously, summing back, wings out) on Saddle Pt.
9:30
9:35- one gone from Saddle Pt.. 9:35, one adult atop
Flat Pt.; summed back for 2 minutes. Five circling
near Cardor Knoll, none visible near Big Cove. 9:49,
adult left Flat Pt. - now visible perched anywhere.
9:45- me adult was about at at about 7500 ft.
level over Spring Canyon Mdw., after having worked