Field notes, v1400
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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