Field notes, v1400
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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