[EBB Sightings] turkeys continued...

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Well this is a little off topic...A little predatory pressure on the deer 
would be a welcome thing here in El Cerrito. It seems that the abundance of both 
deer and turkeys indicates that what predatory pressure there is is 
insignificant indeed. Ok then back to turkeys... I see flocks of them along the big 
highways as well Rt. 4 Between Hercules and Martinez and along 24 around Orinda 
and east bound. Plain as day and often. Its one of those "What the..." moments 
as the numbers in the groups 6+. The "what the" part is for the numbers in the 
groups, not that there are turkeys themselves. Or that you see them so 
plainly. On the east coast the Canada Geese problem got the same reaction from me. 
The flocks are huge. And have become a major traffic hazard on the highways. 
They will group in huge numbers in the median strips and decide to take off 
across the highway at their low angles of lift off. And whamo! horrible carnage for 
the geese and human alike. 

George McRae

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ance of both deer and turkeys indicates that what predatory pressure there i=
s is insignificant indeed. Ok then back to turkeys... I see flocks of them a=
long the big highways as well Rt. 4 Between Hercules and Martinez and along=20=
24 around Orinda and east bound. Plain as day and often. Its one of those "W=
hat the..." moments as the numbers in the groups 6+. The "what the" part is=20=
for the numbers in the groups, not that there are turkeys themselves. Or tha=
t you see them so plainly. On the east coast the Canada Geese problem got th=
e same reaction from me. The flocks are huge. And have become a major traffi=
c hazard on the highways. They will group in huge numbers in the median stri=
ps and decide to take off across the highway at their low angles of lift off=
. And whamo! horrible carnage for the geese and human alike. 

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