Date: 10/7/26 1:26 pm From: t vulture via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Sept.2026 tuvu report
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Date: 10 October 2026
Turkey vulture report for September 2026
Hi, Tweets – While numbers were building at the end of Vancouver
Island in late September, few mentions of crossing the strait. Perhaps
the nice weather has made migration a bit late. I still don’t find
large numbers in ebird of vultures passing south through Washington
and Oregon, but by the time this report is out, I’m sure there will
be. Thanks for all the sightings from August and September.
AUGUST
26 -- 25 turkey vultures feeding on dead things on the beach between
Tokeland and Grayland, Grays Harbor County.
30 -- 17 roosting in a woodlot east of Sumas, later soared up in a
kettle and headed southwest; 20 at the Nooksack Salmon Hatchery at
noon, both in Whatcom County.
SEPTEMBER
05 -- Four circling over Nisqually, Thurston County; one over Gateway
Park, Gig Harbor at 10:30, Pierce County.
06 -- Ten at Suncadia Resort at 15:00, Kittitas County.
08 -- One over Suncadia Prospector Golf Course, Roslyn at 06:00,
Kittitas County.
10 -- Four seen at 09:30 (no location); one at Theler Wetlands at
10:45, Mason County.
11 -- Five at W. Skokomish Valley Road at 11:00, Mason County.
12 -- One turkey vulture flying south to north near Shelton View
Forest, Bothell, 14:59, Snohomish County; one at Theler Wetlands and
11:00.
19 -- Two along I-90 near Easton at 10:41; five along I-90 near Cle
Elum, at 10:50; two at the RR Ponds in South Cle Elum at 10:56 feeding
on a dead skunk; one along I-82 south of Ellensburg at 12:20, all in
Kittitas County.
20 -- 17 circling above Fairwood in Renton (near 128th Ave.S) in the
afternoon, King County;
one at Belfair at 10:30.
22 -- One along Hwy 1 just west of Hope at 15:19, Fraser River Valley, B.C.
24 -- One from I-90/mp 71 (Lake Easton) at 15:15, Kittttas County;
three at Theler Wetlands at 10:20.
26 -- 200 noted w/30 crossing the strait ca 14:00 at East Sooke
Reg.Park/Hawk Lookout in B.C.
27 -- 41 at Salt Creek County Park, ca.11:00, Clallam County; six seen
plus a golden eagle from the Mount Pugh Trail in the Glacier Peak
Wilderness Area, Snohomish County.
28 -- Three turkey vultures circling & rising near Rainbow Bridge in
LaConner, ca noon, Skagit County; one above Gulf Road Beach near
Cherry Point at 11:36, Whatcom County;
one above the Nooksack River at Emerson at 15:04, Whatcom County
NOTE: 09/30 – 500 turkey vultures estimated with many large kettles at
Beachey Head, Vancouver Island, B.C., with no mention of any crossing.
Numbers are/were very high along the small section at the end of
Vancouver Island where most of the vultures cross but no mention of
any crossings except on the 26th. The 28th was always our biggest day
at Salt Creek in years past.
