Hi, Tweets

Young turkey vultures should be on the wing by now and will increase the
numbers seen in kettles from now 'til mid September when they begin to head
south. Watch for dark heads among the red ones. Following is the July
report for turkey vultures seen in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon.

Note: as always, (?) means that no number was given in the report. While
this isn't particularly significant, since I usually assume 1-2 are seen,
if a large number is seen or if the report is from an area where turkey
vultures are seldom reported, then it would be nice to have a number. The
goal is to have an idea of where turkey vultures can be found at various
times of the year. There have been some surprises!

03 - 8 along the Brady Loop Road; 1 over the Schouweiler Road wetland; 1
along SR8 near McCleary; 1 just south of American Lake; 2 near Naselle; 7
over Burnt Mountain, B.C. with 4 more east of these moutains;
04 - (?) seen at the Englishman River Estuary, B.C.; (?) at the Wahkiakum
County NABA butterfly count; 3 over the McLane NRA; 1 at the Point Brown
Jetty 'seawatch;' 1 being "halfheartedly divebombed" by a young redtail
near Littlerock; 1 near Chambers Lake; 2 at Altoona; 1 along the Fraser
River at Port Haney, B.C.
05 - 1 flying in lazy circles near Littlerock; (?) from the Yakama res; 6
soaring above Salmon Creek in Naselle; 2 south of Ilwaco on Hwy 101; 4
soaring between Montesano and Satsop
06 - 2 from Pitt Meadows, Grant Narrows, B.C.; 6 east of Aberdeen on Hwy 8
07 - 2 near Kelso; 2 just west of Park Road/I-5; 2 soaring east of I-5 at
MP 93; 1 rollercoastering in a west wind near Littlerock; (?) at Englisman
River Estuary in Parksville, B.C.; 1 soaring along the Kalama riverbank; 2
adults and 1 juvenile near Sturgeon Slough/Pitt Meadows, B.C.
08 - 5 circling over St. Mary's Hospital in Sechelt
10 - 3 soaring over the outrigger races at Gibsons Harbour, B.C.; 2 at Salt
Creek; 1 at Hurricane Ridge; 4 at the Oyhut WA; 1 at Damon Point; 8 from
the Brady Loop Road; 3 very low over the marsh south of Nature Dike, Grant
Narrows, B.C.
11 - (?) Legacy Marsh, Upper Lantzville, B.C.; 7 at Tokeland; 10+ at
various times landing and sitting on log booms just up from Port Haney,
B.C. wharf
13 - (?) at Leadbetter Point; 6 - 3 on log booms, 3 flying down the river
at Port Haney, B.C.
14 - 3 on the Port Haney log booms, B.C.
15 - 2 on the log booms at Port Haney, B.C.; 7 heading south to the Fraser
River, B.C.
16 - 2 along the Green River east of Auburn
17 - 2 north of I-5 at Hwy 12; 1 adult at Littlerock ignoring a dead
rabbit, a second tv joined him and sat in a tree and looked at the rabbit
(no one ate it); 5 over the Centralia Steam Plant; 3 over Centralia; 2 over
Schaefer County Park; 4 east of Rochester; 3 near Elma; 2 east of McCleary
18 - 1 at Kalama; 1 at Port Haney, BC.
19 - 3 downstream from Port Haney - perhaps a roost
20 - 2 over the Wynooche Valley; 1 southwest of Littlerock
22 - 1 flying west over Blaney Bog, B.C.
23 - 12 at Hobuck Beach
24 - 3 at Wood Lake, Mason County
25 - 5 in the Wood Lake area; 2 on the Port Haney, B.C. booms
27 - (?) at Bowerman Basin; 1 over I-5 at MP54
28 - 2 quartering fields just east of I-5 north of Kalama; 2 at Bonney Lake
29 - 2 at the Johns River WRA; 1 at Bottle Beach; 10 at the North Cove
Beach overlook
31 - 2 at the Oyhut WA/Ocean Shores STP; 1 east of Ocean Shores; 1 west of
Montesano; 1 at Brady; 1 near Summit Lake in Thurston County; 1 flapping
and soaring in Littlerock; 4 at Port Haney, B.C. (2 on booms, 1 on shore, 1
in air); 7 on the log booms at Port Haney in the late afternoon.

Thanks to all who continue to send in reports or who include these very
interesting birds in their birding trip reports. Migration isn't far off!!

Cheers, Diann

_____________________
Diann MacRae
Olympic Vulture Study
22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E.
Bothell, WA 98021
tvulture at vei.net
http://users.vei.net/tvulture/





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