[EBB Sightings] turkeys continued...

In Carmel Valley, I had confirmed bobcat and golden eagle kills, and some very probable mountain 
lion kills.  I wouldn't rule out fox or coyote as well, especially on incubating females.  Bobcat 
and mountain lions tended to stash their carcasses in a bush or cover it with leaves (made it a 
bit scary to have to plunge headfirst into the understory to pilfer a mountain lion's cache in 
order to retrieve the radiotransmitter). You might see fewer cat kills than you'd expect, although 
there would sometimes be a smear of feathers where the kill was made.


Cheers
Alan
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:08:40 -0800
  "Hartwell, Roger"  wrote:
> Has anyone observed predation on these turkeys?  Anecdotally, we have
> seen some bobcat pressure but nothing reported for lions or coyotes. The
> turkeys represent a significant food source.
> 
> Thanks, 
> Roger D. Hartwell 
> Supervising Fisheries and Wildlife Biologist 
> East Bay Municipal Utilities District 
>Fisheries and Wildlife Division 
> 500 San Pablo Dam Road 
> Orinda, CA 94563 
> (510) 287-2025 
> Business Fax (925) 254-8320 
> 
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> Subject: [EBB Sightings] turkeys continued...
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> 
> Wildcat canyon park. Yesterday 3/14. around noon east of rifle range
> road. just seeing the shapes as this VERY LARGE FLOCK moved like
> phan-TOMS thru the trees gobbling  gobbling.... They seem to becoming as
> common as pigeons.
> 
> George McRae

Alan Krakauer
Ph.D Candidate
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
University of California, Berkeley