Field notes, v1400
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Gymnogyps californianus May 30, 1946 Nr. Mt. Poso, Calif. of three condors feeding grounds near. By 8:30 I saw several turkey vultures but no condors. 8:40, I saw 1 or 2 turkey vultures on the ground & appar- ently feeding on squirrels at 3 different spots just north of the road north of me - that area had not been poisoned yet when I last visited this area about 2 weeks ago. 8:47, I saw one probable condor about 2 miles E. of me gliding N. at horizon level. By 9:30, sky 7/10 cirro-stratus & breeze often absent for many minutes at a time - soaring conditions apparently poor in calm periods. Breeze was westerly by 9:40. At 9:57 I saw one about 1 mile N. of me at 800+ altitude gliding NW. I lost track of it after 3 or 4 minutes - at that time it seemed to be about over the power line about 1 mile N. of the McFarland-Woody road. Breeze had shifted to NW, & sky 7/10 cirrus. At 10:02 I saw same, or another, in that area, circling & wandering as if searching, & at 10:10 I saw a group of 4 near this one - so at least 5 seen at once. 10:15, I saw one circling about 2 miles NE of me at 500+ altitude & watched it until 10:20. The bird glided a mile or more to S. in a shallow glide, then circled without rising & gradually descended behind the hills there (about 2 miles to E. of me). 10:27 I saw