Hello, Tweets

This is the first report of the season on migrating turkey vultures. A
very few winter over, it seems, all in single digit numbers, as far as I've
heard. They've been noted on Vancouver Island, near Gig Harbor, in
southern Oregon, and one or two other spots; usually just 1-2 birds.
Following is the first probable migrant in our immediate area for 2000.

Turkey Vulture sightings in the month of January, 2000, in Washington:

28th -- 1 at Discovery Park, Seattle, heading north at about noon


February is when they start showing up a few at a time; mid-March to
mid-April is prime time, so keep looking up!

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/