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Gymnogyps alifornianus
28 January 1976 San Francisco Calif.
ed The Princess (San Benito Co.) and talked to
a man named Haine who works there. Haine
said he had seen no condors there for 20 years.
In 1893, Haine said, some deer hunters took
an egg there, & part of the wooden scaffold
they built to reach the same nest was still
standing.
Nell was told of the Kopper
Canyon nest locale by a certain party about
whom Nell is very secretive. This party is
apparently a collector who was in the area
in 1940 & reported an egg in the nest on
March 14, 1940. The egg was found in
1946 on April 3 by Hill. April 4 a goat
was put out on the rocks near Oscar's nest.
On April 6 when the group was returning
to the area, & condors were near the carcass,
2 or 3 on trees nearby, & others in the
air (22 to 24 total). The carcass had been
carved down to skin & bones. (Forging about
feeding from al Wool's notes). Later a deer
carcass was put out near the goat - Don
Bleuty obtained photos of condors feeding
on this carcass (turkey vultures & golden eagles
too). On April 7, 1945, 7 dead hawk
eggs were collected from the cliff above
Hill's nest. Hill has had some corresponden