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Gymnogyps californianus
May 20, 1946 Berkeley, Calif.
telling someone that if they wanted to see caddars
they should contact Leif Beyten at Fillmore.
May 29, 1946 E. of Famoso, Calif.
I drove from Delano to MacFarland, thence east
ward on the Woody road until about 1 mile from
the junction with Famoso - Woody road. Sky clear,
fair N.W. breeze, air warm. My attention was
attracted by about 8 milling turkey vulture about
½ mile E. of the road, & I stopped to watch. At
least 5 of the vulture perched on the dry-greasy
slope of a small hill, & at 1:25 I saw an
adult cador circling 100' above them. At
1:30 this cador descended as if to alight
about ¼ mile S. of the vulture & over a ridge
from there. The cador spiraled with legs
extended & wings strongly flexed, & once or twice
gave a "dip" of wings. I saw an immature
also disappear behind the same hill. About
1:30 the turkey vulture took off - perhaps dis-
turbed by my presence - and then I saw 3
cadors rise from the area. These 3 were one
adult with left wing [illegible], 1 imm., & one ?.
They circled with the buzzards, then drifted
off about ½ mile to S. & separate from the
buzzards, then scattered & worked back toward
the area where they rose. At 1:40 I saw one