February 5, 1946 Mr. Fillmore, Calif. Hopper Rim. Sky clear, light breeze, & cool. at 3:50 saw 3 condors (2 + adults) circling & rising over Oat Mtn. (1 high, 2 low). They rose to about 1,000' then glided toward Hopper Basin passing above & E. of Hopper Mtn. Top. Could not drive beyond Hopper Ranch trail so parked & hiked to Parking Place. Saw one condor over E. side of Hopper Mtn. at 5:15; it headed toward Big Cave area. Sidney Beyton Jr. was accompanying me on this trip. We camped near Hopper Ranch trail. Talked with Gene Percy earlier today. He said he had seen 40 condors on a cow-carcass on Rundell Ranch below Black Paps (Bob Canyon). This instance - when he saw over 40 - is noted in a letter to me (see my info file). In 1943 there had been so heavy snowfall. Oak tops were broken & much brush washed down so that trails were obscured. This year for Forest Service men have been working out at brushing out the Rundell Spring trail (my WT Canyon) and Spring Canyon trail (below Humberton Rock). Percy said Dan Bleitz phoned him once asking about condors. Bleitz also phoned Frank Rundell about same. Percy said once this year he saw 2 or 3 condors fly over his house low (about 1 mile from highway) in Hopper Canyon. Coyotes,