Hi, Tweets

Summer is really the best time to see our
northwest vultures and it won?t be long ?til the
young ones are out of the nest; grey heads mean
just-fledged at this time of the year. Following
is the report for June, 2007 for Washington,
British Columbia, and Oregon. A ??? just means no
numbers were given ? numbers mean a lot,
especially in areas where turkey vultures aren?t
usually seen. So, numbers are welcome!

June
02 ? 6 near the Grant Narrows Nature Trail, Pitt Meadows, B.C.
03 ? ? at Springwood Park Woods, Parksville,
B.C.; ? at Manashtash Canyon; 2 seen 20 miles west of Spokane
04 ? 1 over Littlerock; 2 circling west of
Duvall; 2 near Carnation; ? at Legacy Marsh, B.C.
06 ? 1 sitting on a boat dock rail on the
Willamette River in Lake Oswego, Oregon
07 ? 6 swooping over basalt cliffs near Spokane
08 ? 3 on Hood Canal near Jorsted; 3 along the
Hamma Hamma Road; 1 near Cypress Provincial Park, B.C.
10 ? 2 low-soaring southeast of Snohomish; 8
circling the Oyehut Game Range; 3 near the
Stillwater; ? at Neck Point Park, Nanaimo, B.C.;
2 near Brownsville, Oregon; 1 rising out of a sheep field near Colberg, Oregon
11 ? 2 at signs to Brownsville, Oregon
12 ? 1 at Long Lake Dam Overlook, Stevens County
13 ? 3 soaring near Cle Elum
14 ? 3 feeding on a deer in a ditch west of
Olympia; 3 near Stratford, Granty County; 1
soaring over the Fort Okanogan Interpretive
Center; 3 soaring above Monse, Okanogan County
15 ? 2 along Oroville-Toroda Creek Road; 3
soaring above Oroville; 1 along Chopaka Road,
both in Okanogan County; 1 being harreassed by a crow north of Ocean Shores
16 ? 4 feeding on a deer carcass at Damon Point;
1 adult along the Touchet River, Walla Walla
County (first June record in 25 years); ? at the
River ?S? Unit, Ridgefield NWR; 3 along Aeneas
Valley Road, 2 along Bonaparte Lake Road, and 1
at Spectacle Lake, all in Okanogan County
17 ? 1 along Cameron Lake Road; 3 soaring over
Cassimer Bar, both in Okanogan County; 4 north of Blewett Pass; 2 near Cle Elum
19 ? 1 circling over Littlerock; ? west of
Toppenish NWR; 1 between Ocean Shores and Hoquiam
20 -- ? at Corfield Road, Parksville, B.C.; 1
near Sunset Point in the Blue Mountains
21 -- ? at the River ?S? Unit, Ridgefield NWR; ?
near the summit of Blacktail Mountain; 1 in a
tree up Cooper Canyon Road near Chemainus; 1 near Sunset Point
23 -- ? at the River ?S? Unit, Ridgefield NWR; 3
east of Easton; 1 west of Fall City; 2 at Pitt Meadows, B.C.
24 -- ? at Hemer Provincial Park, Cedar, B.C.;
multiple (4 at once) during the week
25 ? 1 circling over Littlerock
27 ? 28 swirling around the Roslyn exit; 1 west
of Easton; 5 at Snoqualmie Pass; ? at Swauk
Prairie area; 1 over Hoquiam; 1 over the Humptulips Bridge; ? at Qualicum Beach
29 ? 2 near Bellingham; 18 soaring over the Old
Buckley Highway north of Hwy 410
30 ? 2 at Newhalem, Whatcom County; ? at Capitol State Forest

Many thanks to all who send their vulture
records. This warm weather should be to their liking.

Cheers, Diann