Hello, Folks

Several of the eastern hawkwatches have started their fall counts as of
August first. Not any big numbers reported, but a trickle of kites,
broadwings, and even some falcons has begun. It won't be long before fall
migration arrives at full force here in the Pacific Northwest. By now, most
turkey vultures have fledged and groups of more than 1-2 individuals are
being seen. Keep watch!

Turkey vultures seen in Washington and British Columbia during July, 2000:

01 - 3 west of Littlerock
02 - 2 southwest of Littlerock; 2 dining on dead possum in Thurston County;
1 west of Hope, B.C.; 1 near Rosedale, B.C.; 6 in a pasture east of
Chilliwack, B.C.; 1 on the Samish Flats; 1 over March Point
03 - 21 flying around and sitting in a field on Jamestown Beach, Sequim; 1
over fields at Mud Bay; 1 at North Bend, B.C.; 1 near Floods, B.C. (+100
ravens); 7+ over the Elma hills; 1 near Joyce
04 - 7 over cliffs just west of Hoquiam
05 - 5 at the Fraser River debris trap, B.C.; 1 over Fort Lewis
06 - 3 over the north end of downtown Bellevue; 1 west of Mount Vernon; 2
near Joyce
07 - 1 at Katz, B.C.
08 - 12 on Guemes Island (up from 8 last year)
09 - 2 northwest of Woodland
11 - 2 near White Pass; 1 over Richmond, B.C.; 1 near Evergreen Place,
Clallam County
12 - 3 on Samish Island
14 - 3 between Boston Bar/North Bend, B.C.
15 - 1 near Mount Vernon
16 - 4 over a field along the Yakima River southeast of Union Gap; 2 north
of Stanwood just circling; 1 at Mount Vernon
18 - 4 over Camano Island; 1 at Mount Vernon
19 - 2 over Fort Lewis; 3 on a snag east of Ellensburg; 6 together on
Cameron Lake Road; 1 on a power pole near the Satus WRA.
21 - 5 soaring west of Burlington
22 - 3 almost in a kettle near Washington Harbor; 6 near the
Sequim-Dungeness Road
24 - 1 over the Satus Wildlife Main Unit; 1 hunting west of Hoquiam; 1 near
Joyce
25 - 2 on a snag near Omak; 1 west of Prosser; 1 soaring over beautiful
downtown Haney, B.C.
27 - 1 near the Satus WRA; 3/4 near North Bend, B.C.; 5 over Seabird Island
east of Agassiz, B.C.
28 - 4 near Cle Elum
29 - 16 roosting in a tree south of the 3 Crabs Restaurant; 2 northeast of
Littlerock; 1 near Mount Vernon; 1 at Byron Ponds, Yakima County
30 - 2 at Bonaparte Meadows; 1 near the Vernita Bridge; 9 sanitary
engineers east of Sequim; f1 east of Cultus Lake, B.C.
31 - 1 flying west north of Littlerock; 1 near Mount Vernon

Turkey Vultures start moving around in August and by the second week of
September are usually rather casually headed south. Occasionally fair
numbers pass by early, but the big push is the last two weeks in September
and the first week in October. Reports are welcome! Anytime . . .

Cheers, Diann
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Diann MacRae
Olympic Vulture Study
22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E.
Bothell, WA 98021
mailto: tvulture at halcyon.com
http://www.halcyon.com/tvulture/