Hi, Tweets

September and October are great months to watch
our turkey vultures head south and 2007 has been,
and still is, a good year. Following is the
report for Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia for September 2007:

01 ? 6 over the Dungeness River; 1 north of Sequim
02 ? 1 west of Sultan; 2 circling west of Cle Elum
03 ? 15 circling just south of Monroe; 7 from I-5 in Oregon
04 ? 12+ near the Olympic Game Farm in Sequim; 3
from I-5 in Oregon; 8 from I-5 in Oregon; 1 at MP40 in WA
05 ? 1 over the Wynoochee Valley; 1 near Brady;
~10 in the Bonneville Dam area (WA side)
06 ? 1 near Sequim; 1 at the Para Ponds; 30 in
the Bonneville Dam area (OR side)
08 ? 1 near Hoquium STP; 1 near the Ocean Shores
Game Range; ? at the Ridgefield NWR River S Unit;
1 at John?s River; 3 at Stanwood; 2 near Buckley
09 ? 1 soaring over Monroe; ? at Ridgefield NWR;
1 east of Othello; 1 south of Hunter?s
10 ? 1 soaring over Port Susan
11 ? 19 at Brady; 7 at Midway Beach
12 ? 17 kettling over Sequim
14 ? 6 circling over Sequim; 3 north of Rainier
15 -- ? at Ridgefield NWR; 1 feeding on road kill near the Dosewallips
17 ? 1 near Sequim
19 ? 2 circling east of Hwy.203; 11 looking for a thermal near Kennewick
22 ? 2 over Haney, B.C.; 11 roosting in trees and
flying northeast of Spokane; 5 drifting southwest
of Mount Vernon; 2 east of Cle Elum
23 ? 30 kettling north of Armstrong, B.C.; 1
perched in a dead tree south of Auburn; 3 near
Eatonville; 6 over Badger Pocket; 4 south of Badger Pocket; 597 into Salt Creek
26 ? 2 near Lakeville, New Brunswick; 3-5 over Arlington (for 3 days)
28 ? 61 kettling over Beacon Hill; 24 spiralling
over Cadboro Bay, B.C.; 30 near Issaquah
29 ? 11 over Sammamish/Issaquah heading south; 2
gliding south on Whidbey Island; 12 lazily
heading south over Elizabeth Park; 172 over
Foothills Trail heading south; 5 over the
Columbia River near Post Office Lake; 25-30
heading south west of the 1st Avenue Bridge
South; 918 into Salt Creek; 30 heading south along the Sumner-Buckley Hwy
30 ? 20 1 roosting in a snag in south Auburn; 20 heading south over ??

Thanks for all the sightings and keep watching
for late migrants. Winter records are always welcome, too.

Cheers, Diann