Field notes, v1400
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ford 3104 Gymnogyps californianus May 13, 1946 Mt. Poso, Cal.f. Mtn. is prominent to the SSE & is apparently an import- ant point on flight path from Breckenridge - Bear Mtn area. By 4 p.m. saw no more though I searched the horizon every few minutes with binocs. Wind about 25 mile per hr. - stronger than usual - from NW. By 7:30 no cardors appeared & vultures were rare; sky 3/10 cirrus; wind missing (about 30 m.p.h.). Perhaps the cardors took advantage of the wind to go to an especially distant feeding ground, or perhaps they returned to roost by a "shot out", dry-passing the rolling hills as their updrafts were un- necessary. May 17, 1946 Berkeley, Cal.f. Mr. Richardson of Porterville said that about 20 yrs. ago he saw two cardors overhead on Tule Indian Reservation. He also said that he had had talked with John F.F. Latta of Bakers- ersfield about cardors, & that Latta might have historical information of value. Rollo Beck said he had once hunted cardors. May 20, 1946 Stanley Jewett told me that Bob Beck (sp.? ) , of Fish & Wildlife, now in Boise (?), told him that once he found a cardor buried in the sand, the wings chopped off. Mrs. Lindale said that Lloyd Tavis had lived much on San Emigdio ranch at Stok- dale. Yesterday I overheard Laidlaw Williams