Subj : Re: Wild turkeys
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Sat May 10 2025 01:07:00

DI>> Oh, I'm sure they did.  I don't think turkeys are naturally aggressive begg
  >> humans for food.

MP>I always thought that Canadian Geese were but then I encountered some in
  >Canada that didn't seem bothered at all that I was nearby eating lunch. I
  >was surprised that they paid me no mind & left me alone.  I think it is
  >in places where they are used to people showing up and offering food that
  >they become (*very*) aggressive beggers.

They are, if nothing else, pragmatic. Some have gone South for winter
and, being well fed in parks and such, have stayed there. We get quite
a few of them around here but we didn't 35 years ago. They would stop
here but then continue further North to Hudson Bay, but for quite a few
years now we have a good number that stay in this area and they are not
much being fed by people.

Some in the Provincial parks probably are but they have signs and such
asking people not to feed them because they are loud, aggressive
beggars.. plus they don't want them to think that if they winter here
there will still be people around to feed them.

But I've gotten used to seeing them here. They have Goosey Daycare
where, once the goslings are swimming around well, you'll see one
Mother Goose with 15 or 20 of them following her so you know that
they don't all belong to that one female. They say 2 to 8 eggs for
one nest but I'd say that 3 or 4 would be most common.

Pretty much every day now when I head outside I have a couple of
them honking at me, more commonly this time of year when they are
just starting to nest.. They do that often from several hundred
feet distant, likely a warning to all of them in the area that
there is someone outside not too far away.

MP>I used to joke that the Canadian Geese in Canada were more polite
  >than the ones that migrate or settle here.  :D

Well, they are Canadian, eh?     B)

At the moment, as I type this, the Whippoorwills are making a heck
of a racket outside. They are quite loud and generally do their
calling starting at about midnight.

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