<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12.0px;"><div>Hi, Tweets</div>
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<div>Turkey vultures are well on their way to their summer homes and nesting ranges. Today's birds are sightings from Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. Many reports are from areas near water: lakes, bays, Puget Sound, Salish Sea, and rivers. A lot of reports are from along I-5 and other main highways but that could be where the birders were not so much a specific turkey vulture route although they are known to follow landmarks such as roads, mountain ridges, etc. Many of the sightings contained photos. Only one report that I looked at mentioned birds overwintering.</div>
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<div><u>FEBRUARY</u></div>
<div>02 -- One young (dark head) turkey vulture over Eden Acres neighborhood, Pierce County.</div>
<div>03 -- One at Royal Roads University, Colwood, B.C.</div>
<div>05 -- One perched in an alder on Beaver Valley Road, Port Ludlow.</div>
<div>06 -- One at the mouth of the Little Quilcene River.</div>
<div>07 -- Six circling high over the mountains on a warm day near Darrington.</div>
<div>08 -- Four circling over the orchards at Dryden Orchards, Chelan County.</div>
<div>09 -- Two over Port Angeles riding thermals.</div>
<div>10 -- One turkey vulture seen near Chip Ross Park, Corvallis, Oregon; one at Riley, Lake County, Oregon; one at Monitor, Chelan County.</div>
<div>12 -- Two perched on a treetop at Alec Bay Park, Lopez Island; 2 at Elk River Timber Road, Comox-Strathcona, B.C.</div>
<div>14 -- Four soaring over Fisherman's Bay, San Juan County..</div>
<div>16 -- Three at Buttertubs Marsh, Nanaimo, B.C.</div>
<div>19 -- Two birds around all winter at Squamish Golf Course & Spawning Channel, B.C.; four over Sutton Lake, Lane County, Oregon.</div>
<div>20 -- Five (2 in trees, 3 on a pole) at Little Island, Wahkiakum County.</div>
<div>23 -- One flying over the highway near Moxee, Yakima County.</div>
<div>24 -- One flying over Gene Coulon Park, King County.</div>
<div>26 -- Five at Keizer Rapids Park, Marion County, Oregon.</div>
<div>28 -- One over Shevlin Park, Deschutes County, Oregon.</div>
<div>29 -- Three circling low over trees near Chilliwak, Fraser Valley B.C.</div>
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<div>Thanks for the great reports, both to e-bird and to myself. They are always appreciated.</div>
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<div>Cheers, Diann</div>
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<div class="signature">Diann MacRae<br/>
Olympic Vulture Study<br/>
22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E.<br/>
Bothell, WA 98021<br/>
tvulture@gmx.com</div></div></body></html>