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- From: br105@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeffrey A. Del Col)
- Newsgroups: rec.birds
- Subject: Telling Jakes from Hens
- Date: 2 Jan 1993 23:15:44 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Reply-To: br105@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeffrey A. Del Col)
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- For the past several days I've had a flock of wild turkeys, sometimes
- as many as 21, parading through a field about fifty yards from my house.
- I can identify only one gobbler in the flock, but it would seem that there
- ought to be more than one male in the group. I've noticed some wing
- flapping displays and threatening behavior among the other birds, but does
- anyone know a reliable method for telling the hens from the jakes(beardless
- males)? BTW, when they take wing it's a magnificent sight, huge birds
- powering their way through the trees, dead leaves and twigs raining down
- as they head for another feeding ground.
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- J. Del Col
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- P.S. saw an Eastern Bluebird this afternoon while searching for old roses
- at nearby cemeteries. I didn't know they stayed around during the winter
- in central WV.
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