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Re: The Urban Turkey
- To: "mjwestphal" <mjwestphal@unca.edu>, <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Re: The Urban Turkey
- From: "Reece Mitchell" <rmitche2@tds.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 07:21:06 -0500
- References: <3C88FBD0@webmail.unca.edu>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
We once lived in a area where turkeys were a regular visitor to bird
feeders.
Does anyone know what effect a large population of turkeys will have on
other species? Don't think they'll be as destructive as deer, but they could
reach pest status.
Reece Mitchell
Flat Rock
----- Original Message -----
From: "mjwestphal" <mjwestphal@unca.edu>
To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 12:59 PM
Subject: The Urban Turkey
> 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
>
>