July 2007 Report to Tweeters

Hi, Tweets

It?s not quite time for the southward migration
of turkey vultures, but larger groups are being
seen so nesting and fledging time is winding down
a bit. Turkey vultures tend to drift around a bit
after nesting, but the main surge south is from
mid-September through early October. So, watch
for those grey-headed guys, those are the young
of this season. Following are sightings from
Washington, British Columbia, and Oregon for July 2007:

01 ? 1 soaring over Littlerock; 1 at North Delta, B.C.
02 ? 1 roosting near Littlerock
03 ? ? at the River ?S? Unit, RNWR
04 ? 1 at Littlerock heading northwest; ? at Englishman River Estuary
06 ? 1 northeast of Littlerock
07 ? 1 east of Roy; 1 soaring near 1-5 exit 96; 1
at mile marker 25; 2 at exit 14
08 ? 3 over the Riverside Golf Course, Chehalis;
? at McGregor Marsh, Nanaimo, B.C.; ?many? over
the Lantzville foothills, B.C.; 2 along Big
Hannaford Road, Lewis County, 2 near Lincoln Creek; 1 at Nisqually NWR
09 ? 3 at Rock Lake, Whitman County; 5 the over Sprague sewage ponds
11 ? 1 over Day Creek Road; 2 west of Snoqualmie
Pass; 12 in the Sultan area; 5 west of Mount
Vernon (1 or 2 usually seen daily, especially around cut grass fields)
12 ? 1 over Rosario Beach; 6 soaring over the
Enumclaw Plateau; ? from Top Bridge Trail, Parksville, B.C.
14 ? 4 low and close to the Bow Hill Road exit,
Whatcom-Skagit county line; 1 at the Maplewood
Conservation Area, B.C.; 1 near Ocean Shores
15 ? ? over Legacy Marsh, Lantzville, B.C.; 1
over the Chehalis wildlife area wetland; 1 at
Reifel Bird Sanctuary, B.C.; ?very common? seen
from a float trip down the Deschutes River,
Oregon through the 20th; 3 over Hwy 109; 1 north of Hoquiam
16 ? 1 over Duck Lake in Ocean Shores
17 ? 1 at Maplewood Conservation Area, N.
Vancouver, B.C.; 1 juvenile hunting fields with a few crows at Ridgefield NWR
19 ? 1 checking out a dead raccoon at Grays
Harbor NWR; 1 in a field near Hoquiam; 2 over Grays Harbor NWR
21 ? 1 between Auburn and Enumclaw; 1 over FR 70
22 ? ? at Ladysmith, B.C.; two kettles (6 birds
and 7 birds) over Mt. Pleasant, Skamania County
23 ? 1 flushed at Wallace Swamp Creek Park,
Kenmore; a kettle of 8 over Mt. Pleasant; 6 at
Protection Island; 1 south of Hwy 109; 4 at
Satsop turnoff, Hwy 12; 1 over Elma Rest Stop,
Hwy 8; 1 at weigh station near Monte-Brady
25 ? 1 over Hwy 109; 1 at turnoff to Ocean Shores; 1 at Damon Road
26 ? 28 sitting on fence posts near Chehalis
28 ? 3 at Windy Gap; 1 at Devonshire offramp, Montesano; 1 south of Elma
29 ? 1 at Humptulips River Bridge; 1 at Grays
Harbor NWR, Hwy 109; 1 over Hwy 109
30 ? 2 at Elma; 3 at Satsop; 3 west of Aberdeen;
2 west of the Johns River WRA; 1 at Bottle Beach;
5 at Midway Beach Road; 3 at Tokeland; 1 at Grayland
31 ? 1 soaring in an enormous thermal southwest of Littlerock

As always, thanks so much for the many sightings
? they are always appreciated, any time of the
year. Also, the ??? in the report just means no
number was given. Keep looking up!

Cheers, Diann

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