Gymnogyps californicus February 2, 1976 Bakersfield, Calif. 40,000 acres were poisoned last year, Fox said. Two trappers are working in Kern Co. now - one from Lost Hills & 1 from Maricopa - but Fox says they are not the type that would notice birds. Condors & buzzards are apparently unaffected by eating 1080 poisoned squirrels, for none was found dead tho squirrels were eaten daily, Fox said. Piper, an ornithologist, from the State Dept. of Agriculture, studied the effect of 1080 on birds. Joe Keyser should know much of this too. Fox maintains that condors were far from becoming extinct- this I believe is a false impression caused by many condors being in one area. The 17 was the largest number Fox had seen. Kalmlock from Denver was through recently & wanted badly to see a condor - but didn't. Fox had heard of no condors in Cummings Valley recently. He was taken aback by my interest in 1080 - said maybe he shouldn't have mentioned it. He has no love for the Audubon Society either - they have opposed poisoning sparrows around farms. Drove east on highway 766 toward Tehach- apai. Light breeze, a few high clouds, & quite warm. Some cattle in lowlands to N. of road