Hi, Tweets

Here is the very late April 2008 report for
turkey vultures seen in Washington and British
Columbia. As always, a "?" means there was no number given.

01 ? 3 circling between Hoquiam and Ocean Shores
in the Grass Creek area; 1 at MP 13 near Hoquiam;
2 over Dungeness; 1 at ?Lake Chewelah;? 1 flying north over Seattle
02 ? 1 soaring over the main Microsoft campus; 1
at the River Foundation, Sequim; 3 north of Sedro Woolley
03 ? 1 cruising around the Skagit Flats; 1 over
north Kirkland; 1 or more seen in 3 counties at
Wilbur, Hartline, and Dry Falls Junction
04 ? 1 soaring over Klahanie on the Sammamish Plateau
05 ? 2 between Ellensburg and Cle Elum; 3
circling over Moss Lake NA, Stillwater; 6
circling near Easton; 1 in North Delta, B.C.; 3
over Index; 1 over Coles Corner, Chelan County; 6
looking for a roost near Leavenworth; 5 near
Easton (still a foot of snow on the ground)
06 ? 1 over I-405/exit 9; 7 in a kettle near
MP239/I-5; 10 near Leavenworth; 3 above ridgeline
in the same area; 10 near Easton; 4 near Cle
Elum; 1 over Easton; 3 soaring west of Fall City
07 ? 1 west of Wenatchee
08 ? 2 east of Ocean Shores; 1 south of Dryden; 1 south of College Place
09 ? ? at Julia Butler Hansen NWR
10 ? 6 in fields near Glenwood feeding on calf
afterbirth; 3 soaring over Hyw 20; 1 east of
Ocean Shores; 2 over bluffs of Grays Harbor NWR; 1 east of Hoquiam
11 ? 2 at Bottle Beach; 1 in Easton; 1 on lower
Peoh Point; 1 near Elk Heights; 3 near Cle Elum
12 ? 1 or 2 over Lake Stevens; 1 soaring along
Squawk Mountain; 1 north of Ocean Shores; 1 soaring over Hoquiam
13 ? 2 over Fort Lewis; 2 at Hoquiam; 2 in the
grass sharing carrion at the Hoquiam SP; 11 just south of Carnation; 1 at ?
14 ? 2 over I-90/MP80-82; 1 circling over Cle
Elum; ? at Hoquiam; 1 over Bainbridge
15 ? 1 over Mudbay; 1 at McCleary
17 ? 1 at Grays Harbor NWR; 1 soaring above Grass
Creek; 1 at Deer Lake, Burnaby, B.C.
18 ? ? at Hoquiam; 1 at Port Coquitlam, B.C.
19 ? 1 over Suyematu?s (Bainbridge?) heading
north; 1 at Mud Bay; 1 emerged from snow clouds
at Nisqually NWR; 1 over Vancouver, B.C.
20 ? 5 at Frager Road; 2 at Elma; 1 over Sequim
21 ? 3 in field w/dead calf (also on the 22, 23) Sequim; 1 north of Sequim
23 ? 5 on Farm to Market Road waiting patiently
for bald eagles to stop munching on a dead calf
24 ? 5 at the River S Unit
25 ? 1 at Blyn
26 ? 3 heading south over dunes in Ocean Shores;
1 over Duck Lake, OS; 3 near Snoqualmie Falls; ?
at Point Wilson; 3 north of Sequim; 2 at Fort Lewis
27 ? ? in central Washington; 2 off the cliffs
near Tonasket; 2 at Hungry Hollow Road
28 ? 4 soaring over the Dungeness River
30 ? 10 on the ground together on the Samish Flats; 1 at Burnaby, B.C.

Thanks so much for the great reports. The file is
growing! May finishes migration and nesting begins. Keep looking up.

Cheers, Diann