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Re: The Urban Turkey



Marilyn, although I'm just across the county line from you, I've had the
reverse experience with turkeys.  Here at Slick Rock I have see just one in
the past year while in the previous few years it was not uncommon to see
them walking along the wooded road or even wandering into the yard.  Nancy

At 12:59 PM 3/11/02 -0500, mjwestphal wrote:
>I've noticed in the past few years that Wild Turkey numbers around here seem 
>to be growing fast and they are getting quite bold.  I used to have to
search 
>for them.  Now they turn up all over the place and in very public places
that 
>you would never expect.  Last year there was one on the side of a busy
street 
>in Asheville.  This year we often see good size flocks of them near the
dam at 
>the CP&L plant (power plant) which is actually a rapidly urbanizing area.
Now 
>I see them regularly on the side of NC 280 in Mills River.  This is a busy 
>four-lane highway.  Have they lost all fear of us???
>Marilyn Westphal
>Hendersonville, NC
>mjwestphal@unca.edu
>
>
Nancy Iha
niha@citcom.net
at Slick Rock above 3000'
Brevard, NC