Date: 4/6/26 9:47 am From: Deanna Mac Phail (via aznmbirds Mailing List) <aznmbirds...> Subject: Re: [AZNMbirds] Migrating Turkey Vultures Tucson
During our early evening periods of watching for Red-tailed Hawk activity
here on the west side we see the occasional TUVU and a few BLVU. Twice
last week we had a swirl of 18 Turkey Vultures appear over Little Cat
mountain and then drift off to the south.
Deanna MacPhail
West side
On Sun, Apr 5, 2026 at 9:19 PM Rosie Watts <aznmbirds...>
wrote:
> We've been anticipating the arrival of the Turkey Vulture migration
> through our part of town since early March. We've had bad timing this
> year, and only a bird or two here or there. We watch from our house, as
> well as nearby Fort Lowell Park and also the Pantano Wash Riverwalk at
> Glenn and Saguara. Even the few we've seen, don't seem to be putting down
> or lifting off from the Pantano Wash in that area (often we see them in the
> large pines and palms over by the Country club to the east, etc).
>
> But to our surprise and enjoyment, this afternoon we had a small migratory
> group fly over us as we walked through the north half of the pecan
> orchard. 9 or 10 birds flew over, and then a bit later we saw them join
> another group over the wash below. Total of 19 birds counted. Our (puny)
> high total for us this year. Granted, we haven't spent a lot of time
> waiting around for them, but our observation time/pattern is roughly
> equivalent to the past several years, with much lower/negligible numbers
> this spring.
>
> The Lewis' woodpecker remains at the Riverwalk there, a special treat.
>
> Happy Spring Birding!
>
> Rosie and Jim Watts
> Tucson, Arizona
>
