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Gymnogyps californianus
April 2, 1946 Encinitas Gulf.
Club in San Diego after 10 a.m. any day, Ed said - he is deaf but not impossible to talk
to by any means. An Andean Condor had been
successfully hatched at San Diego zoo last
year, Ed said. The bird laid on egg every other
year. Belle Benchley could give me the inform-
ation he believed.
April 3, 1946 San Diego Gulf.
at San Diego Court House talked with Mr. Ewing
who is in charge of wildlife at the Cleveland Forest.
Mr. Fisher is supervisor. Shamed Ewing & others
some condor photos. He said he had seen one condor
near Santiago Park last summer, circling overhead.
In 1928 thereabouts in the Piru area, especially
at the head of Violin Canyon x Canton (?) Canyon on
E. side of the Piru he said he saw condors many
times & sometimes on the ground. Condor reports
are sent to San Francisco, he believed. I promised
to send some prints for lookout instruction pur-
poses. He believed the he thought that Palomar
Mtn. lookout or the one near Warner Hot Springs
might also be good watching spots. The
forest would probably be closed in part this
summer. Some lookouts - including Santiago
Pk. - would be manned by May 15. Como
was ranger station for Santiago Pk. area & I could