Field notes, v1400
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3088 May 11, 1946 Mr. FD Gymnogyps californianus Nr. Famoso, Calif. carcasses. The sheep had been dropped 20' downhill (5+ %), the intestine was separate from the carcass, one foreleg was severed to the wrist though bones intact & connected. There was a 10+" hole in left side, a larger one in abdomen, a 12+" hole at shoulders (+ eaten to bone), + other holes. Skin remained on head. Skin was dry now. The cat + rabbit lay where before but apparently had been eaten at skull + side, cat too intestine was separate from carcass, & one foreleg of each was separated from body- bodies both dry. The squirrel was not found. I went then to a knoll about 4 miles E. of Box- rath Corner & 1/4 mile S. of Little Creek. At 9:15 arrived & began searching - at 9:22 I saw one circa about 1 1/2 miles to S., circling 300+' over a knoll - about 3 minutes later it descended into between two hills, wings flopped, feet down. Fair N. breeze, sky sky low hazy but cloudless, 62° F. At 9:39 I saw one above the power line about 1 mile W. of me - it glided at SE and went down out of sight at 9:43 (about 2 miles in 4 minutes, 30 m. p. h.). At 9:46 I saw 2 circling low there, flopping frequently (about 1 1/2 miles S. of me). 9:50, saw + 9:52, I saw 7 there, & 5 at 9:54, circling & rising, with 6 lizzards. After 1+ min-