Hi, Tweets

Turkey vultures happy to reach their northern
nesting grounds were seen by many in California,
Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. By now,
there are already two nesting reports (the young
are still eggs). Thanks for all your sightings.
Following are the reports for April 2009:

01 ? 2 blown about in the wind at Roy; 2 two in a tree on Tiger Mt.
02 ? 12 swirling down to land in trees near
Eatonville; 1 between Sequim and PA; 2 at
Nisqually NWR; 1 over the Humptulips Bridge; 1
outside Montesano, 2 west of Montesano; 2 at
Point Wilson; 1 over Nisqually visitor center; 50
in a kettle over Yreka,, California
03 ? 3 over west Bremerton; 1 over Fall City; 2
soaring over Northern State RA; 1 at the Vail Tree Farm
04 ? 1 heading north over Northgate; 2 east of
Omak; 1 over Omak; 3 over Sequim Bay; 5 near the
Oysterhouse; 2 between mp 29&30 ?
05 ? 1 over Port Gamble; 4 soaring over Theler
Wetlands; 1 east of Sequim; 2 at Point Wilson
06 ? 1 over west end of the Columbia River Gorge;
2 at Nisqually NWR; 4 over Roy; 2 near Greenback;
3 near Easton; 2 near Arlington; 1 near Twisp
07 ? 1 at Bennington Lake; 1 near MS?s Red W
campus; 88 (no group bigger than 8) between
Preston and Red Bluff, California; 1 at Parksville, B.C.
08 ? 1 at Brooks Memorial SP; 4 over the Montlake Fill
09 ? 1 standing on a pole near Okanogan
10 ? 4 from the Yakima roost; 6 in a pasture
south of Glenwood; 1 se of Glenwood
11 ? 8 winding their way down the Raging River; 5
roosting in a central Yakima neighborhood; 7 over
cow pastures nw of Raymond; 9 se of Tokeland Road
13 ? 2 flying in hideous wind and rain; several
on the Olympic Peninsula; 9 over Pitt Meadows, BC
14 ? 1 over the Olympic NP headquarters; 1 at
Parksville, BC; 1 over downtown Hoquiam; 1 over Grays Harbor NWR
15 ? 2 near Port Coquitlam
17 ? 6 circling over the Jefferson County
Fairgrounds; 1 in North Vancouver, BC; 1 at the
Maplewood CA, BC; 2 over Battle Ground; 6 over Aberdeen?s Central Park
18 ? 1 over Humptulips River Bridge; 2 west of Aberdeen
19 ? 1 near Yost Park; 1 at Lantzville, BC; 2
west of Aberdeen; 2 west of Hoquiam
20 ? 1 at Burnaby Mountain Park, BC
21 ? 1 at the Englishman River Estuary, BC; 18 at Point Wilson
22 ? 2 over Graveyard Spit, Tokeland
23 ? 1 at Wynoochee River Bridge
24 ? 1 at Northrup Point; 2 between Hoquiam and
Ocean Shores; 1 at the Maplewood CA, Langley, BC
25 ? 1 soaring in w Thurston County; 1 at the Kennedy Creek overlook
26 ? 1 at Roy; 1 at Bowen Park, Nanaimo, BC; 1 over Chimacum HS
27 ? 1 at Tall Timbers Golf Course, Langley, BC
28 ? 1 near Alderdale; 10 near the Maryhill
Museum sw of Goldendale; 2 at Campbell Valley
Park, Langley, BC; 2 at the Maplewood CA, North Vancouver, BC

Keep looking up!

Cheers, Diann

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