[EBB Sightings] wild turkeys in Oakland backyards

Hi all,
As it turns out, I've saved turkey messages from this group in a folder since Johan Langweis reported some just downhill from Skyline Blvd. on Oct 21, 2001. I was interested because it was not far from where I walked with my dogs pretty much daily starting in fall of 1986, and I hadn't seen them around there, though I knew they were frequently sighted east of there in Contra Costa and Alameda counties. I have about 90 messages in this folder. In the spring and summer of 2002 several people reported them in the vicinity of Tilden, El Cerrito, San Leandro near Lk. Chabot, and Sibley regional park. In October 2002 there were several Berkeley reports. Of special interest to me was the appearance of turkeys at Mills College (where I work) and their successful breeding there. Scattered reports have continued since then, many in locations that would have to be considered urban. 
Good birding to all,
John Harris
Oakland/Oakdale

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From: sightings-bounces at diabloaudubon.com [sightings-bounces at diabloaudubon.com] On Behalf Of debbie viess [amanitarita at sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 8:14 PM
To: EBB Sightings
Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] wild turkeys in Oakland backyards

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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