Dear Tweets,

This will be a hodge-podge of turkey vulture reports since I was gone the
month of August. This listing does not include anything that may have been
posted to Tweeters since I was "unsubscribed" during that time, only
reports sent directly to me.

July through early September, 1998

12 July - 6 over I-90 at Easton, 2 more east of Easton
26 July - 2 near Elma, 2 near Tokeland
31 July - 2 individuals west of Port Angeles on SR112
01 Aug - 6 on SR20 east of Sedro Wooley (probable immatures)
13 Aug - 1 in Aberdeen
15 Aug - 7 at Sauvie Island (Oregon), 1 at Aberdeen, 2 at LaConner
23 Aug - 3 at Brim Road, Cowlitz County (2 were adults), 1 at Tenino, 6
near Yelm
01 Sep - 1 at Lantzville, B.C.
04 Sep - 1 at Elk Lake, B.C.
07 Sep - 1 at Stanwood

Thanks to all who sent in sightings. Soon, turkey vulture numbers should
rise significantly and the northern migrants will begin passing by. Watch
for small to large kettles of vultures even over Seattle; the majority of
the birds north of us seem to be heading directly down the Puget Trough to
points south.

Best regards,
Diann MacRae, Coordinator
Olympic Vulture Study
tvulture at halcyon.com

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The Olympic Vulture Study is located on the northern Olympic Peninsula
coast 16 miles west of Port Angeles off SR112. The base site is at Salt
Creek County Park and operates from 0800 to 1700 every day from ~15
September to 15 October. There is wheelchair access to the site.

Funding for 1998 is from the James L. Baillie Memorial Fund of Bird Studies
Canada and the Northwest Ecological Research Institute of Oregon.