[EBB Sightings] Dublin Turkeys

My wife and I (and cat!) were shocked to wake up one
morning last month to half a dozen turkeys looting our
bird feeders!  They swing by a couple times a week and
trash the place.  I live near the park at the corner
of Central Parkway and Tassajara Road in Dublin, and
supposedly they live by the creek nearby, north of
some of the developments where there's more tree
cover.  Usually the big male turkey patrols the
perimeter while his groupies feed.  It's funny how
they have such a leap, you'd never guess.

Here's a photo of them - quality is awful, since I was
handholding long exposures in very early morning
light, but you get the gist of it.

http://www.pbase.com/zeiler/image/39394093

--- Carla Din  wrote:

> Wild turkeys are also heard and sometimes seen in
> Redwood Regional Park.  In fact, about a year ago,
> my cats were stirred up because three turkeys
> appeared in my backyard (near Redwood), with one
> balancing on the bird bath!  One was all white, and
> the others the more traditional colors.  They stayed
> a short while, then moved on.  A woman whom I met in
> Redwood said that every morning, she is visited by a
> few turkeys at her window in the Oakland hills. 
> (She does not feed them).
>  
> Carla Din
> 
> 
> Lance Beeson  wrote:
> Mr. Bit:
> I have seen them (turkeys in Wildcat Canyon) before.
> I found one of 
> their wintering spots. I hiked on Christmas Eve day
> last year and found 
> them in a likely location. Because we have a huge
> flock here at 
> Rossmoor (100 or more), which I observe almost
> daily, I have noticed 
> that they like to roost in the following conditions:
> 
> Relatively narrow and somewhat steep gulleys,
> heavily overgrown by low 
> trees. It happens that the trees are usually live
> oaks and pepperwoods 
> (Calif. bay laurel). I believe this allows them to
> jump across to the 
> other bank or even get up on horizontal tree
> branches to escape 
> predators. During the day they venture out but
> return to this type of 
> roost at night, I believe. The most I ever saw was
> in such a spot and 
> included the "chicks" and many males, doing their
> display thing.
> 
> The flock I saw was in such a spot in the canyon.
> They were 
> approximately 3/4 of a mile southeast of the oil
> well, almost directly 
> below one of the highest, most conical peaks. There
> is a long 
> northwesterly sloping (downward) creek with such a
> thicket of trees. It 
> is so quiet out there that you can hear them before
> you see them.
> 
> North of this spot is what I call "squirrel-town"
> which has a 
> phenomenal number of ground squirrels. Because of
> them, this is the 
> best area for hawk-watching. The most obvious
> landmark there is the 
> water tank which collects the spring water for the
> cattle's water 
> trough. The oil well is northwest about 300 yards
> downhill from the 
> trough, in case you are interested.
> 
> Lance Beeson
> 
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