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Re: Turkey



There's been a small flock of them showinig up there for about a week and a
half.  There were up to 8 of them.  The first time I saw them there there
were 6 females surrounding two males strutting their stuff.

Stu Gibeau
Black Mountain, NC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Netherton" <alexnetherton@charter.net>
To: "Carolina Birds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 5:44 PM
Subject: Turkey


> I haven't been posting much recently, but I did see a Turkey today. I was
> returning from Morganton, and saw a strange shape along the Interstate
just
> past the Swannanoa exit (Westbound) in the median. I thought it was a bit
of
> rusty pipe, but my brain came through with the interpretation of this
> strange shape. I whipped my head around and saw it in profile, looking
> carefully for white tailfeather tips (if they were, it would have been
> domestic stock). They were brown.
> I only saw one, which is odd, as they are usually in a flock, but there
may
> have been more on the hill in thicker brush.
> Alex Netherton
> The Appalachian Naturalist
> Asheville, NC
> alex@alexnetherton.com
> http://alexnetherton.com
>
>
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