<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12.0px;"><div>Hi, Tweets - my, where does the time go? Some interesting sightings plus a lot of single sighting all up and down from British Columbia through Oreon. I try just to include local reports plus a few interesting ones from ebird. Sounds like a normal migration year all around. Thanks for the great reports.<br/>
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<div><u>SEPTEMBER</u></div>
<div>No date, just Sept: two turkey vultures in a Stanwood pasture, Snohomish County.</div>
<div>25 -- 209 turkey vultures at Sooke-Whiffin Spit Park, B.C.</div>
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<div><u>OCTOBER</u></div>
<div>01 -- Three turkey vultures over Shine Road/Squamish Harbor, Jefferson County in late morning; four near Lynden in a loose kettle with ravens and a harrier, seemed interested in a corn field being harvested; one turkey vulture at the weekly walk at the Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR, Thurston County.</div>
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<div>02 -- Seven+ waiting for warm air in tall trees near the lake at Marymoor Park, Redmond, King County, weather pleasant; first time with vultures in the trees; all days with 5+ vultures have been between 21 Sept and 06 Oct.; 54 turkey vultures seen at Cassimer Bar, Okanagon County roosting in large trees and on the river bank feeding.</div>
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<div>03 -- 350 turkey vultures at the Sea Scout Base, Multnomah County, Oregon.</div>
<div>04 -- 550 seen from Race Rocks, British Columbia (photos); 23 at the Sechelt Airport, Wilson Creek, Sunshine Coast, B.C.</div>
<div>05 -- 75 seen over the Lyre Conservation Area, Clallam County.</div>
<div>09 -- 29 at Sooke-Whiffin Spit Park, B.C.</div>
<div>11 -- 25 at William O. Finley NWR, Cabell Marsh, Benton County, Oregon.</div>
<div>13 -- 80 turkey vultures at the Jackson Bottoms Wetland Preserve, Washington County, Oregon.</div>
<div>22 -- One at Nanoose Estuary/Bay, Nanaimo, B.C.; one over Lake Union, Seattle, King County.</div>
<div>29 -- Four at Friday Harbor, San Juan County, <em>ca</em> noon.</div>
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<div>Sorry this is so late - we lost our internet for almost a week due to a tree falling on the cable, etc. Thanks again for the reports and have a great Thanksgiving.</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>