Hello Diann,

If you are interested in casual sightings of Turkey Vultures, I saw two separate one's on a boat trip to the San Juans on May 22, 2007:

The most suspicious one, as far as nesting goes, was flying (not soaring) along the bluff on the north side of Speiden Island. As I was watcjing it from the boat, it suudenly turned into the base of the trunks of trees at the top of the cliff, and seemed to land.

The other sighting was one soaring over the Friday Harbor Marina, but it rapidly drifted down wind.

Both birds had red heads.

I wish you continued success with your project.

Phil Hotlen
Bellingham, WAA
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From: Diann MacRae <tvulture at vei.net>
> Hi, Tweets
>
> Migrating turkey vultures are mostly busy nesting by now, but here
> are the sightings from May 2007 for Washington, British Columbia, and Oregon:
>
> 02 -- 3 adults on Vashon Island roosting in a tree; nest reported in
> Clark County; 1 over the Oyehut Game Range
> 03 -- 50-75 soaring along and over the Columbia River; a few around
> Goldendale; 8 soaring near Cle Elum; 12 kettling over I-90 near
> Easton; 4 adults circling a road-killed dog near Skookumchuck Road
> 04 -- 6 circling over Morningside Drive Hill in Tenino; 8 near the
> Brady Loop Road complex
> 05 -- 1 over the Yakima River Delta being attacked by smaller birds
> 06 -- 4 at Nisqually NWR; 7 at Ridgefield NWR, River S Unit
> 07 -- common at Rowland Lake and in the Gorge
> 09 -- ? at Springwood Park, Parksvile, B.C.
> 10 -- 8 soaring near Ocosta
> 11 -- 1 near Hoquiam; 3 over Chenois Creek Bridge; 1 over Hwy 109
> 12 -- 2 at Cherry Valley WFW; 1 at Stillwater WFW; 1 near Grays
> Harbor NWR; 1 west of Raymond; 7 at La Push-Neah Bay; 13 in the Port
> Angeles area; 6 near the upper Dungeness & Hurricane Ridge areas; 20
> at Sequim-Dungeness (total 46 which almost equals a 14-year average
> for the Clallam County Birdathon)
> 13 -- 1 at Rowland Lake; ? at Buttertubs Marsh, Nanaimo, B.C.; 6
> adults in two groups near Cle Elum; 1 adult near Belfair standing in
> the road (seen coming and going); 1 circling over Glacial Heritage
> 14 -- 2 circling over open fields near Skookumchuck Road; 1 over Sequim
> 15 -- 1 near Oakville; 2 along Wenzel Slough; ? along Brady Loop Road
> 16 -- 1 over the Deschutes River; 1 over the dunes at Ocean Shores
> beach; 6 over Sequim
> 17 -- 5 near Columbia Grove
> 18 -- 10 at the Quillayute Prairie, Olympic Peninsula near LaPush
> 19 -- 3 at the River S Unit of Ridgefield NWR; 52 headed west over Sequim
> 20 -- 1 near Sprague Lake
> 21 -- 3 circling over a dead possum near Johnson Creek Road
> 22 -- 3 over the Snoqualmie River in Carnation
> 23 -- 20+ over Cassimar Bar; 1 at Roy; 3 on a road killed possum in
> southern Thurston County
> 24 -- 5 riding thermals off Mt. Si
> 25 -- 4 over the North Bend discount mall
> 26 -- 2 over Battle Ground; 4 at Northrup Canyon; 7 over Stevenson; 2
> at Conboy Lake NWR; 1 at Swawilla Basin; 1 at Roy
> 27 -- 2 eating a dead deer near Orting
> 28 -- 1 molting subadult circling over Littlerock; 1 at Washtucna; 4
> at Sprague Lake
> 29 -- 1 soaring over Littlerock; ? at south Nanaimo, B.C.; 1 sub
> adult over Rochester
> 30 -- 1 soaring in lovely circles near Waldrick Road, Thurston
> County; 1 over Hgw 101 near Nehalem, Oregon; 1 just west of Hoquiam;
> 1 between Hoquiam and Ocean Shores
>
> Thanks for all the reports. Be on the lookout for nesting results -
> dark headed young vultures - in the next couple months. And, as
> always, a "?" means no number was given.
>
> Cheers, Diann
>
> Diann MacRae
> Olympic Vulture Study
> 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E.
> Bothell, WA 98021
> tvulture at vei.net
>
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