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Gymnogyps californianus
May 3, 1946 Nr. Famoso, Glix.
circling over the grain field. At 2:55 I saw at least
2 on the ground on a hill & possibly 3 circling over
about 2 miles E. of Res-Corner. I drove about 1/2
miles E. of Res-Corner & saw 2 cardos at 3 p.m., at
about 200' altitude, circling near lizards over
the N. slope of ridge S. of (4 parallel to) the road. One,
an adult with #14+ (about) right primaries miss-
ing, walked westward, & was along the ridge & was
about 1 mile west of its 3 p.m. position at 3:10. I
talked again with Joe Keyes & a county agriculture
man who was showing him around. They had
seen a cardo near Pozo Creek at about 2:15.
Joe said the latest he saw them last year was
5 p.m. (daylight saving). The county man said
that the eastern boundary of the poisoning was
the Edison power line about 3 miles east of the
Porterville road. At present they were poisoning
on the Famoso side of the Porterville road NW of Res-
corner. The area to S. of the Famoso-Woody
road was poisoned "about a week ago" (several
cardos in that area today. He said there were
about 3000 sheep in this area about 4 weeks
ago & up to 10,000 earlier - these had been
moved to the desert (Shryokern country). By
4 p.m. saw no more cardors. Returned to Delano
for the night.