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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