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CALIFORNIA BIRD STUDIES 



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Piru Canon 

 The site of the Condor's nest is above the horseman 



the porch At daybreak one morning, a coyote was seen 

 gathering scraps at our door step, but I watched in vain for 

 a repetition of the visit. 



The site of the Condor's nest was distant five miles up 

 the Piru. We reached it on horseback the next morning, 

 following the stream all the way ; now on narrow paths worn 

 in the steep banks, now over and around great boulders, 

 now in the bed of the creek itself, where we had several con- 

 fidence shaking experiences with quicksand. 



Gold was first found in California on the Piru, and the 

 creek has had its share of the romance and tragedy of min- 



