Field notes, v1400
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3063 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.