ML530683211

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I spent a lot of time watching these condors. They were on the ground when I arrived, feeding on a dead cow carcass between the call box and the small hill, on the other side of the pond. I put my scope up and tried to get as many tag numbers as possible. A couple of the very young condors were sitting on their bellies on the ground. I wondered if they were okay. A raven walked up to one of them and pecked at the condor's wing! An adult condor came running across the ground for the raven and chased it away! Amazing to watch these birds. Tags I was able to read: #94 blue numbers on yellow tag #69 white numbers on blue tag #27 black numbers on orangish tag #46 white numbers on blue tag #3 white numbers on orangish-red tag #26 white numbers on purple tag Others whose numbers I could not read: blue tag, green tag, yellow tag, orange tag Reported all information to condor biologist at Pinnacles NP. There is a second dead cow. I photographed some of the condors on that cow.

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