[EBB Sightings] Wild turkey in Berkeley

Interesting. Since turkeys are a recent addition to our local avifauna,
and would pose no threat to crows, I wonder if the crows aren't just
generalizing to a large, perched bird (i.e., hawk-like)? I remember
reading somewhere that crows would attack a crow researcher in the field
if he carried a black cloth, which the crows generalized to be a dead
crow.

A Cooper's hawk was perched on my TV antenna yesterday, improving my
reception. Or at the very least, raising the bar for my backyard
sightings.
He was undoubtedly hoping for escapes from my aviary; dream on, brother.

Debbie Viess
Sheffield Village, Oakland 


"At about 7:30 pm on Tuesday, September 8, 2004, I saw about half a 
dozen crows mobbing something [a wild turkey] in a fir tree 30 or more
feet above the 
ground, in Berkeley off Hillside Avenue (near the Smyth-Fernwald 
housing complex)."


David Brostoff