Field notes, v1400
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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.