Turkey town

[Dee]

Wild turkeys peck at windows; eat from bird feeders in Detroit suburb

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Wild turkeys have been showing up on the streets of this Detroit suburb, pecking at windows and eating from bird feeders.

The skittish birds are generally found in rural areas or large parks, but naturalists and wildlife experts say the turkeys could get used to life in this city of more than 78,000 people.

"Wherever you have a suburb that still has large stands of big trees left, where they think they are comfortable, you may be prone to having wild turkeys," said Joe Derek, city naturalist for Farmington Hills.

Tim Payne, southeast Michigan wildlife supervisor for the state Department of Natural Resources, said the birds may be growing accustomed to city life.

"They are very adaptive," he said. "If they've got cover and protection, they can adapt to people."

(source (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070603/koddities/oddity_wild_turkeys))


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[RedjackRyan]

mmmmmmmmmm turkey and gravy


I seem to be over-run with wild turkeys as well this year, i tend to see a few in the morning as i'm having coffee. Shame the condo by-laws prohibit me poaching from my deck :D

[aabram]

Gobble, gobble, gobble :p

[Dee]

mmmmmmmmmm turkey and gravy
White meat only for me thanks.

Now you've got me craving a nice turkey sandwich you wicked wicked pirate man! http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k267/deemark/Emoticons/biggrin.jpg

[GodSistah]

I love dark meat! ;)

I occassionally get call outs for wild turkeys running loose in my 'hood...and I'm just amazed! What am I supposed to do with a wild turkey? And how to catch one?

I always chase them off, but I do not fly, peoples...not too high anyway! They do...when they are chased. ;)

:rolleyes:

~Andrea~

[RedjackRyan]

Andrea, what you do is lead em, just a little bit. They don't fly fast so you dont really need to lead em that much. Then Squeeze.. don't jerk the trigger.

Call me for recipes :)

[DaveM]

Make yourself some snares, Cap'n....then just put out a little corn....

And of course, if you can get close enough, a cutlass will serve quite nicely.