Diann and Tweets:

There were a few flying in light rain about 11:45 yesterday over Ravenna
where it winds its way downhill between 15th & 25th, just NE of the UW. As I
drove down the hill, I spotted one flapping heavily just above the trees,
then 3 or 4 more, very low. There was one spot where I had a little bit of a
view south, and there were about 12-15 in the air. By the time I got down to
25th, where there were no trees, they were out of view.
I was surprised to see them flying in the rain, though the clouds were
starting to break a bit. I guess the urge to move was strong enough to put
them up. Wonder where they had spent the night prior to the flight -

Ruth Taylor
Seattle/Ballard
rutht at seanet.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Diann MacRae <tvulture at vei.net>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, September 22, 2006 12:40 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] turkey vultures


>Hi, Tweets
>
>Where are all the turkey vultures? I've gotten 2-3 reports of small
>kettles east of the mountains, but, until today, few from over here,
>certainly not any large numbers. Perhaps the rain holding them up
>somewhere? It's frustrating not to be out at Salt Creek keeping tabs.
>
>Anyway, look up . . . and let me know if you see any over our area.
>They're bound to come! Last year, there were kettles of over 100 in
>places near Seattle.
>
>Cheers, Diann
>
>Diann MacRae
>Olympic Vulture Study
>22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E.
>Bothell, WA 98021
>tvulture at vei.net
>
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