Gymnogyps californicus May 3, 1946 Nr. Famoso, Calif. writing the squirrel areas east of Delano, McFadden, & Famoso since tholluin was first used, about 1926. He had seen condors there during the poisoning, & seen the condors & turkey vultures eating the pois ored squirrels, every year. The most condorks ever saw at once was 17, & of these 7 were imm- atures (1945). Joe said up to 76 buzzards roosted in dead trees on Pozo Creek about 1/2 mile upstream from the Porterville road, last year, & over 100 in some preceding years. He had examined these roosts & found no dead or sick buzzards, in spite of the fact that they ate poisoned squirrels. Joe said the condors usually appeared about 10 a.m. and were gone by 4 or 4:30 p.m. He had no guess or information as to where they came from or where they went. Joe said the condors first appeared about May 20 of last year. At f One day he saw one, & the next 3, then 5, 7, 12, & up to 17 - in other words, they came in gradually. One time Joe shot about 6 cotton tails & laid them out in natural fashion near an old wooden shack near where he had seen condors feed. Joe got in the shack about 8 a.m. The condors came & ate the rabbits & Joe got some photos of them with buzzards standing by. The photos were taken from with a small camera & the prints blown up, but the adult condors were sm-