Date: 6/20/26 12:34 pm From: Elaine Chuang via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: RE-POST TUVU report for May 2026
Below is a re-post of Diann MacRae's May 2026 Turkey Vulture report, which was scrubbed by the UW-IT’s “HTML machine." Thank you, Diann.
- Elaine Chuang
Seattle
elc at uw dot edu
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Sent: Friday, June 19, 2026 5:04 PM
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Subject: [Tweeters] May 2026 turkey vulture report
Hi, Tweets - a little late but lots of turkey vultures back and enjoying their summer vacations . . . hopefully nesting, too. This report is mostly Washington with a few from British Columbia.
MAY
02 -- One at Chase Lake Elem.School, King County.
05 -- One consuming a deer carcass on the side of the Issaquah-Hobart Road S.E./Hyw 18, clear and 60 F, 20:00, King County.
06 -- One just south of Blewett Pass on Hwy. 97 at 11:21, Chelan County.
07 -- Two turkey vultures soaring over I-90 east of North Bend, King County.
08 -- One turkey vullture at the Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR, cool and breezy, 50/60 F, Thurston County: four at the Campbell River Airport, B.C,
09 -- Two just west of Cle Elum over I-90 at 09:37, Kittitas County; three turkey vultures over Wenas Road at 14:38, Yakima/Kittitas Counties; seven at East Sooke Park, Aylard Farm, B.C.
14 -- Three over Dry Falls Lake in Sun Lakes State Park at 16:42, Grant County.
15 -- 18 turkey vultures over Rufus Woods Lake at the Seaton's Grove Boat Launch at 14:16.
16 -- Eight kettling above the Palouse to Cascades Trail.
20 -- Four over Perch Lake in Sun Lakes State Park at 17:42.
21 -- Four seen at the west bank hillside of McAllister Creek at the Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR, cloudy/sunny in 50-60s F; one seen at the Rowing Club, Marymoor Park, King County, FOY; one over JBLM Eagle's Pride Golf Course,
26 -- Five at Powell River, Wildwood Bluffs, B.C.
27 -- One seen at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR, 50-70s F.
28 -- Two turkey vultures sitting at the top of a tree in Fall City, King County; one flying over Delanty Lake Road near Discovery Bay, ca. 11:00, Jefferson County.
Thanks for the great reports. Maybe soon there will be some young ones to be seen (black heads, not red).
Cheers, Diann
