Ford 3036 Gymnogyps californianus April 21/1946 Sespe Canyon, Calif. Diked down Sespe Canyon - saw none on the usual perch points along the way. April 22/1946 Cuyama Valley, Calif With Sidney Peyton Jr. drove from Fillmore to Ojai, thence on the Maricopa road to Cuyama Valley and Cuyama Ranger Station. There I talked with Ranger Boyce and his wife & a boy named Bertie. The ranger knew of the condors & had seen some he said - but nothing definite. His wife said she saw one circling over a deer which was being chased by a lion (last year). The boy said he was working near Old Man Mtn. and had seen one or two there occa- sionally, the last about a week ago (1 bird). all were very much interested in condors & their habits. The ranger said there were no sheep in the Cuyama last year so not many con- dors. On the road to Cuyama R.S.D was again impressed by the rugged rocks & scattered crowns of the S. side of Pine Mtn. - perhaps there is no roosting concentration there be- cause of distance to food. We drove up the road toward Big Pine Mtn. from the Ballinger Canyon turnoff Road became impasseable because of many slides & rocks at the water tank below Choke-