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Ford
1993
Gymnogyps californianus
April 6, 1946 Hopper Canyon Cal. f.
ravens or buzzards. I found no condor evidence
save what appeared to be one condor breast feath-
er. Coyotes probably have fed here & possibly
condors as well as the ravens & buzzards.
April 7, 1946 Hopper Canyon Cal. f.
Cumulo-stratus clouds at about 7000 ft.
and fog coming up the canyon at 7 am. I drove
to Old Calvin vicinity & watched # 12 nest for about
10 minutes at 7:25-35 - no activity. Drove then
to near Pyramid L O. Fog had engulfed Rim & higher
clouds had descended to about 6000 ft. Temp. 54 F.
I hiked to Big Meadow & observed the calf carcass
near blind there. The calf was also a brown & white
bull, originally perhaps 100 pounds in weight & was
wired to two rim stakes. All the viscera were gone,
many ribs cracked, the upper leg completely
gone, & the lower thigh eaten. Head, necks, forelegs,
& thorax were still intact. Tracks at the carcass
included raven and cat (a large bobcat it
appeared). I visited this carcass at about 9 a.m., then
returned to Rim which was still fog engulfed at
10 a.m. Light W. breeze. At 11 a.m. I was at Old Calv.
The cloud bottom was just above Rim level there & I
saw two condors atop cliff at Big Cave and an ad-
ult with feet down, approaching # 11 nest area.
At 11:55 I was in Spring Canyon Meadow - sky cumulo.