Date: 3/11/26 8:17 pm From: Diann MacRae via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] TUVU winter report 2026
Hi, Tweets
This is a little late but spring is not quite here for our nesting and visiting turkey vultures. I didn't find while looking round e-bird any pockets of overwintering groups although I'm sure there were a few here and there. As far as ones heading north, quite a few - mostly singles - heading up the Oregon coast and the I-5 corridor. They do start drifting back north in late January and through February.
JANUARY
19 -- One adult turkey vulture soaring in from the east at Mt. Tabor Park, Portland, Multnomah Couny, Oregon.
27 -- Two at Anderson Road, Swale, Clackamas County, Oegon.
FEBRUARY
03 -- One adult at Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia.
08 -- Six turkey vultures at Saanich-Viaduct Flats, B.C.
08 -- Seven (two groups of 3 and 4 seen at the same time) from 831 West Tenth, Port Angeles, Clallam County (photo).
09 -- One at False Bay, San Juan Island (and County); one at Tacoma, Pierce County (photo).
09 -- A single seen feeding on roadkil along Irondale Road in Port Hadlock, Jefferson County, at 08:15 (this is the first report of the year I've received).
11 -- Three seen soaring with an immature bald eagle at Scatter Creek, Thurston County.
15 -- One flying low heading west near Black Diamond Road, Clallam County (photos).
15 -- Three turkey vultures seen from Siwash Observation Point, Nanaimo, B.C.
17 -- Three adults in flight over Beaver Valley Road, Chimacum, Jeffeson County (photos); one at Pender Island, B.C.; two over Lopez Island, San Juan County.
Looking forward to another good year of turkey vultures and other raptors and avian visitors. Comments are always welcome on reports; e-bird sightings aren't always descriptive.
