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Gymnogyps californianus
April 22, 1946 Big Pine Lookout, Calif.
cherry saddle. We left the car & hiked to -
ward the Big Pine Lookout (leaving car 3:40).
at 4:15 we were looking at Madulce LO from
the # SW side. We saw two condors circling
200 ±' above the Madulce Ridge, & 5 ± min-
tes later they were soaring E. Sky 3/10
cirrus, fair wind earlier today but milly
4 p.m. We continued on & arrived at Big
Pine LO at about 7 p.m. No one had driven
beyond so where our car was for weeks or
months, but there were a few horse tracks
& footprints. The forest had of course been
closed during hunting season the last few
years. Madulce LO had not been manned
in recent years. At Big Pine LO we found a
radio log signed Harriet Boyce for periods
from June 1 to Oct. 31, 1945 - she is the
one who supposedly saw a young condor
being fed nearby. Fair wind sprang up
about 8 p.m.
April 23, 1946 Mission Pine, Calif.
with Ted Peyton Jr. left Big Pine lookout at 6:35 a.m.
& hiked toward Mission Pine. Sky 1/10 cirrus - status
fair E. wind, moderate temperatures. We reached the
big pines at head of Falls Canyon at 9:30 and
sat on the slope looking out over Bunter Knoll in