Field notes, v1400
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Gymnogyps californianus February 4, 1946 Fillmore Clif. seen two condors flying about & landing on the cliffs near the old green salines (about 1 mile above so Coldwater Creek). Did told me that I only had told him of condors nesting one year on the ridge between Pine & Coldwater Canyon about 400' up from the bottom. Did also told me that when two condors were collected in the head of Coldwater Canyon for the Calif. Acad. of Sciences, 23 condors roosted here fairly regularly. Did had also seen carners bathing above the falls in the Coldwater Canyon, & Frank Grindel had taken an egg there. The head of Coldwater Canyon - now lightly snow blanketed - seems to have lots of good roost trees & nesting cliffs - why was this area abandoned? Despe Canyon, in contrast to most areas, has become less civilized rather than more. The road now reaches only to the dam (Pine Creek before war), at one time it extends clear up to the bend of the Despe when an oil rig was started there. The 1938 flood washed out the road for good. Lee Michael told us of packing in a man named "Stories" to the meadow above (E. of) Squaw Flat to get cardor pictures. This was doubtless John Storer. According to Michael, Storer was