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Gymnogyps californianus
April 13/46 Hopper Canyon, G/lk
posterior to
dorsally behind the occiput the skin is pink, not
orange - this pink area extends around the sides
of the neck behind the ears. Bright magenta
patch topped by light gray above front of ruff.
The magenta patch bulges more than rest of the
neck as if thinner skin. There was much
pecking, head wrestling, & snapping between imm-
atures & occasionally adults. In general there
was no animosity between adults & immatures
at the pool, however. They cleared about 4:45,
at 5:10 there was a gust of east wind which
could the tent blind to flop violently, at 5:15
all the cardors left the pool area, a few at a
time, & other birds left the cliffs so that only
5 remained visible. This was last use
of the pool area today. Perhaps the blind move-
ment frightened the birds. At 5:20 I counted
13 perched; at 5:25, 24 (11 immatures); at
5:35, 26 (12 immatures) perched about the
Big Cave area (on cliffs N. of Big Cave as I could
not view Roost Tree or cliffs W. of the cave), 5:40,
I saw 13 on Whitewash ledge & 6 atop cliff
above it. Quiescence much greater than before
5:15 but still occasional shifts, at 5:50
the sunset line crossed cliff top - there were
still 6 scattered atop cliff & 15 on whitewash