Hi, Tweets

With weather changes, turkey vultures seem to be
just a bit more in evidence during the winter,
especially in Oregon. Birds mentioned could be
overwintering, wanderers from the south,
extremely early northern migrants, or even
extremely late southern migrants. No exact way to
tell at this point. There has been a small
overwintering group of turkey vultures at the
Fern Ridge Reservoir northwest of Eugene, Oregon, for some years.
Following is the turkey vulture report for December 2011 and January 2012.

December 2011
18 ? 4 on the Coos Bay, Oregon, CBC
22 -- 2 perched in a tree on Sauvie Island, Oregon
25 ? turkey vultures (no number) on the Lane County, Oregon, raptor route
29 ? 2 in the Coos Bay, Oregon, area
30 ? 1 soaring above Hwy 1-5 near the Stafford
Creek Correctional Facility west of
Aberdeen

January 2012
06 ? 1 at Coos Bay, Oregon; 1 at Maryhill State Park
13 ? 1crossed the strait at 3 Crabs, circled and headed south
14 ? 2 soaring above a field along I-5 north of Salem, Oregon
28 ? 1 between Corvallis and Brownsville exits on
I-5 heading south; 1 just north of Raymond

If any vultures were seen on Washington CBC?s, please let me know.
February is the month that turkey vultures are
usually first seen heading north. Keep looking
up! Many thanks to George Neavoll for the Oregon sightings.

Cheers, Diann

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