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Gymnogyps californianus
May 4, 1946 Nw. Famous G & h.f.
one flap-glided back & forth, feet not down (disturbed
snap one). 3:29, 6 condors & 3 turkey vultures rose
out of the hollow, undisturbed by me. A transient
plane had just passed 5000±' over in about the
direction of the sun, however. 3:33, an imm. dropped
into the hollow as if to land; an adult swept
back & forth over the hollow, feet up, then flap-
glided to S. (after the other carders) at 3:35. About
3:36 I saw one disappear behind a ridge hill ½± mile
SW of where last rose; another soared back & forth
over the spot. 3:40 two condors came flapping up
from that area; X1 adult headed back to where imm.
had disappeared, & also disappeared behind ridge.
I saw 3 other also heading that way. The 3
were over the spot at 3:45 but wandered off to SW.
E. about 3:46. 3:53, 3 condors again over that spot.
One had a left primary & secondary bent up as if
broken - possibly these 3 included the 2 which were
supposedly perched. One adult circled & rose with a
lizard (as though condors near). This one rose
to 500±' near me, then? 4:00, I watched another about
1 mile NE of the Cower - it was the 'bent wing' bird. It
rose to about 800' altitude, soared NE about 2
miles, then W. about a mile & was joined by another
condor. Both wandered to E. then (4:09) I saw
a 3rd. about 1½ mile E. of the two. Breeze still