Date: 10/7/26 6:53 pm From: Robert O'Brien via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Sept.2026 tuvu report
Portland, kettle of about 100 went over downtown yesterday late afternoon
heading south
Bob obrien portland
On Wednesday, October 7, 2026, t vulture via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:
> To: <Tweeters...>
>
> 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.
>
>
> Cheers, Diann
>
>
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