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Gymnogyps californianus
April 18, 1946 San Diego Co., Calif.
side, & back to Encinitas (starting point). This
day we saw comparatively few cattle - most on
Mendonhall ranch it appeared. For condors I believe
the food situation here would be tight if they had to
depend on small domestic animals. Questioned
Mr. Wolf, the caretaker at the canal, re: condors,
showing him photographs. He had seen none, he
said - he had seen eagles however & told us of
a nest location which proved out.
April 21, 1946 (Easter) Sespe Canyon, Calif.
At 6:30 a.m. left my car at Van Tree's gate & hiked
up the Big Sespe. Arrived atop the oil Derrick
at Oil Well Point at 8:55. At 8:35, from the trail,
I had seen one imm. condor atop a high rock point
about 200 yds. W. of the 1940 nest site. This bird was
still there at 9:15 & appeared to be a 1945 young
ster. At about 8:45 I saw a second condor (?) atop
a rock point about 200yds. E. of the old nest site; this
bird was gone by 8:55. The area I watched particularly
consisted of 3 or rock outcroppings of red Sespe sand-
stone about 700' above stream bed and 1/2 ± mile E. of
(4 or 5. side)
it near foot of the canyon which runs to Sulphurite.
from Oil Well Point. The outcroppings appeared
about:
and were surrounded
[illegible] & imm.
by heavy brush. The
#2 outcropping had lost