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Re: The Urban Turkey



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
>
>