Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey survey

2012-10-04 Thread Donna Scott
http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/75131.html This site has the results of the 2011 winter survey for Wild Turkey flocks. http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/48732.html Gives data on the August summer surveys of hens and poults. This website is easy to navigate. Last week I counted 31 wild turkeys in one

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey survey

2012-10-04 Thread Candace Cornell
The reported numbers look very low for the last three years in areas in NYS. For example, in the last three summer in the Adirondack's (ADK), there's been a turkey population explosion, where they are now as common as deer are in the Cayuga Basin. I saw flocks of up to 39 per sighting, daily if