Hi, Tweets

This is the final turkey vulture migration report for 2004, the October
report. It covers British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon, plus one report
from California this time.

Please keep a lookout for possible overwintering or late-leaving turkey
vultures. There seem to be little pockets where the vultures just hang
around all year. Anyway, reports are always most welcome.

Also, one late September report that had to be included:
23 September 200~ at Salt Creek coming in off the strait

October 2004
01 2 along the Foothills Trail, South Prairie; 8 along the outer beaches
at Midway Beach Road; 1 at North Cove; 7 at Tokeland
02 12 over Walmart in Bellingham; 550 at Rocky Point, B.C.; 1 south of
Spokane near Tower Mountain; 1 south of Kelso; 1 at Ridgefield NWR
03 600 at Rocky Point, B.C.; 1 at the northeast end of Sauvie Island,
Oregon; 1 from the Oak Island Dike trail; 2 east of St. Helens, Oregon
04 16 above the ridge to the east of the Arlington Airport, heading south;
42 at Otter Point, B.C.; 1 flying south from Tsable River, B.C.; 1
northwest of Buckley Bay Road, B.C.
06 300-400 heading south over Redding, California Fire Station 3; 1
perched in a tree near Campbell River; 300 at Rocky Point, B.C.;
07 10 kettling over Chatham Island, B.C.; 1 flying sw from Cadboro Bay, B.C.
08 1 between Poulsbo and Kingston
09 10 at Lasqueti Island, B.C.; 42 at Victoria/Oak Bay
10 1 at Bottle Beach; 10 flew from Lasqueti Island to Parksville, B.C.
(probably the same 10 seen from a seabird tour in the area); 11 gliding
south along I-5 south of Kent-Des Moines Road; 1 north of the Kent-Des
Moines Road
13 1 adult at Circlet Lake, Strathcona Park, B.C.
23 1 south of Mima Mounds; 1 near Roger Orness' Kite tree (Lewis County)

Thanks so much for all of your continued support during the fall migration.
In the not too distant future I hope to publish a demographic report
derived from the hundreds++ of reports I've received over the years.

Be sure to watch for winter vultures on your Chistmas counts!!

Cheers, Diann

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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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