Friday, August 28, 2009
The 2009 Vulture Migration has begun
Saw 5 vultures kettling over the South Fork Kern River yesterday evening. And so it begins!
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About the Vulture Watch
- Nature Ali
- CA, United States
- Long ago and far away, a little dream began where all people of various beliefs and cultures would come together to enjoy the knowledge that Eden has always existed and stop celebrating greed more than peace and harmony. Nature Ali's creed is "the slower you go the more you will know, the more you just be the more you will see".
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Ali
I hope to make it this year again, and re-up by Kern River Preserve support as well. Hows the migration going to date?
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Since there is not a vulture count it is hard to tell. This global climate change thing really seems to be hitting home over the past few years. Vultures were plentiful in the Kern River Valley all summer which is unusual. The migration seems a little slow, hopefully this weekend will be different!
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Hi.
I live in Lancaster, Ca.
The turkey vultures roosted Saturday night in a church yard across the street from my house.
Then, On Sunday morning. my wife and I watched as they continued their journey south at about 10am.
I've lived here for 11 years and they spend the night here every year.
We look forward to their visit every year.
A.J. Collett
I live in Southern Oregon, Talent, and the Vultures are just starting to join up. It is so amazing, first there are 5 then you can see more coming from far away to join up. Before you know it there are hundreds, swirling about higher and higher with more joining up. Then one soars off and slowly the rest follow, except for 5 which head the opposite direction. Then more seem to join them and the swirling kettle continues again. So yes I think they are a bit slow this year because of the heat. It is so smokey here from the fires up North, I would think this would spur them on to head south. But it appears they are on their way. It is so amazing to watch them. Glad to find others delighted by this sight. Enjoy...
Hi All,
I'm the wildlife biologist for the Yurok Tribe in Klamath, CA. Wanted to get some help from all you vulture enthusiasts out there. We are running a CA condor reintroduction feasibility study and are tagging turkey vultures as part of our project. Please report yellow wingtags with black numbers to cwest@yuroktribe.nsn.us. We need to know when and where you saw the bird and the number on the tag. Pictures are great too. Check out our project at www.yuroktribe.org/government/selfgovern/condorprogram.htm.
Thanks for the great blog Ali!
Chris West
My place in Landers Ca in the Hi Desert area has about 25 tall Pine trees. This week about 200 or more Vultures dropped in to roost as they did last year. I do have a water hole for the local creatures. Would that be why they like to stop here when they are migrating? There are not many tall trees in the Landers area.
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