Date: 7/5/25 2:22 pm From: Adrian O'Loghlen via groups.io <aologhlen...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Turkey Vulture Fledglings at Refugio Rd.
This morning (Fri) Lynn and I saw a pair of Turkey Vulture fledglings with an adult on a rock high above Refugio Rd. at approx. 34.503811, -120.066881. The fledglings appeared to be fighting over a scrap of food. Shortly after we saw what we assumed was one of these fledglings in the avocado orchard below the rock drinking from a leaking irrigation pipe. Despite being ubiquitous in the county, there are only 17 breeding records in the BBS for this species including three in the coastal area. Interestingly, one of those three records was in 2020 and was located close-by to the present sighting.
