[EBB Sightings] wild turkeys in Oakland backyards

For what its worth, I saw 5 wild turkeys on Hopkins at Napa and then
on upper Los Angeles in Berkeley in 2003.

A friend just had 50 in his back yard in Pinole a week ago.

Ron Parker

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 8:14 PM, debbie viess  wrote:
> Good points. As an Oaklander myself, I tend to be a bit Oakland centric. The "East Bay" is a big place, and my statement was overly broad.
> Still, it wasn't until after John first mentioned them on this list (I don't remember the date exactly) that I started seeing and hearing them in Oakland myself, in the hills behind my house and in various Oakland urban areas. I have seen them in Marin and along the north coast and Sierra foothills for years...
> Somebody on this list must know the date of the first verified wild turkey sighting for urban Oakland...?
> Debbie Viess
> --- On Sun, 4/19/09, David Brostoff  wrote:
>> From: David Brostoff 
>> Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] wild turkeys in Oakland backyards
>> To: "EBB Sightings" 
>> Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009, 7:58 PM
>> At 11:03 AM -0700 on 4/19/09, debbie viess wrote:
>> > Turkeys have been spreading slowly but surely
>> throughout the East Bay, ever since John Harris' first
>> report of a couple of birds on the Mills College campus,
>> three years ago or so.
>>
>> I have been fascinated with this phenomenon since my first
>> sighting in Berkeley in 2004. (Others saw them in Berkeley
>> as early as 2003
>> .)
>>
>> Apparently they have been here since at least 2002
>> .
>>
>> David
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