Subj : Re: Wild turkeys
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Mike Powell
Date : Wed May 21 2025 09:59:00

> Yes, and I'm not sure how long that's been going on in big cities.
> I know when we first bought here you would only see Canada Geese
> flying over on their way further North, or on their way South for
> the winter. I think they've just gotten used to.. well, I was going
> to say food but they mostly live on land and water vegetation, so
> they are less likely to turn into beggars than other types like
> Pigeons, Seagulls or seed eating birds that people tend to toss
> food to or build feeders for so I'm not sure why more of them seem
> to be staying further South in Summer. Maybe they are just too
> lazy these days to fly the extra few hundred miles to Hudson Bay.  B)

I don't know about other places but here I know that people used to take
bread, etc., to feed to the waterfowl, including Canada Geese, at at local
cemetary/park.  My first encounter with those Geese was there.  This was
probably 30 year ago now, but the Canada Geese hanging out there were well
aware of trying to get food from people.

> I was outside today and the Geese were honking at me again,
> although as I think about it, it's a few days now since I heard
> the Whippoorwills calling out most of the night.

> Maybe if that is the male's mating call he got lucky..    B)

Maybe, lol.

> Another possibility is it's turned too cold for them to be active.
> Just when it looked like the warm weather was finally here, suddenly
> we are back to some nights barely above freezing and daytime highs
> in the low 50's (F)..

Same, except we are looking at upper 40s/low 50s (F) at night, and upper
60s/low 70s in the daytime.

Mike


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