Date: 5/5/26 4:50 pm From: Diann MacRae via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] April TUVU report
Hi, Tweets
Such bright sunny weather! Just the day for soaring turkey vultures. A few are FOY birds and all are sightings from Tweeters, not ebird. Thanks everyone for the great reports. They are truly back for the summer and ready for nesting . . . etc.
MARCH
22 -- Two soaring above Fall City, King County.
27+ -- Multiple turkey vultures in Methow through the end of the month on, Okanogan County.
29 -- FOY, two near Lake Joy, near Carnation, King County
31 -- One soaring above Preston, King County
APRIL
01 -- Five turkey vultures sitting in the snag by the Winthrop fish hatchery, Okanogan County.
04 -- 14 soaring over the trees for 15-20 minutes, then gone, Lake Joy area; two soaring above Evans Creek, Redmond, King County.
05 -- Six turkey vultures in a kettle, then a single one over Ellensburg, Kittitas County.
05 -- (OT) - A swirl of 18 turkey vultures over Little Cat mountain, then drifting south near Tuscon.
08 -- One at Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR on a bright, clear day in the upper 30's F, Thurston County.
09 -- Two soaring between Cle Elum/Ellensburg (Bristol), WA10; one west of Cle Elum soaring over I-90; one soaring with a bald eagle over Lake Keechelus at MP55 on I-90, Kittitas County; one flying fairly low over fields along Beaver Valley Road just south of Chimacum at 2pm, Jefferson County; four turkey vultures circling over Sugarloaf Mountain on Fidalgo Island, Chelan County.
13 -- Several over the Stillwater Wildlife Area north of Carnation, King County.
15 -- 13 turkey vultures sunning(drying out from the rain) themselves near Lake Cortez, Malaga, Chelan County.
17 -- FOY, three soaring over downtown North Bend by Twedes Cafe at 3pm, King County; one at MP61, I-90 east of Snoqualmie Pass (a mile west of the wildlife bridge over I-90).
18 -- FOY, One turkey vulture soaring over the ridgeline to the west of the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR in light rain, 38*F.
19 -- Two turkey ultures over the Tamanowas Rock Santuary Trail at 11:00, one riding thermals with a bald eagle, another solo down the ridge, Jefferson County.
23 -- One at W.Nelson Siding Road, I-90, Kittitas Co; one at Daroga SP along Hwy 97, Douglas Co; one, five miles north of Tonasket, Hwy 97, Okanogan County.
24 -- One south of Oroville, Hwy 97, Okanogan Co; one just south of Malott, Hwy 97, Okanigan Co; one just north of Blewett Pass, Kittitas/Chelan Counties; Two adult turkey vultures at I-5/rte.530 exit to Arlington and 1 immature at Angel of the Wings Casino, 45 min. later, Snohomish County.
27 -- Two at Tumwater Valley Municipal Golf Course, Olympia, Thurston County.
28 -- Six soaring over the Kataluna Horse Rescue in Fall City at 11:50, King County; One between Raymond and South Bend, five at MP 19/Hwy 101, one at MP18/Hwy 101, and one at Sandridge Road/Hwy 101 about a mile from Seaview, Pacific County.
29 -- One at the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, sunny ca. 60*; one at the very south end of the Long Beach Peninsula heading north (about a quarter mile north of North Head), Pacific County.
30 -- Two at Montesano, Hwy 8; three just east of Aberdeen, US 12, both in Grays Harbor, County; one at Nahcotta, Pacific County.
