[TN-Bird] Turkey flights at Radnor Lake, Davidson co.

From: JanKShaw@xxxxxxx
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 11:40:20 -0500 (EST)
2-6-2011
Radnor Lake
Davidson co.
 
Dave Hawkins and I had a first for Radnor on Sunday.  As we  walked the 
road, some turkeys started calling from the south hillside.  All  of a sudden, 
about 25 turkeys exploded into the air and flew all the way  across the 
lake, landing on the far shoreline!  I had never seen that many  at Radnor 
before, and never seen any fly across the lake.  It was  bizarre.  A few 
minutes 
later another group of 20 or so did the same thing,  and then a third group 
a little later.  I looked up on the hillside with my  bins and saw several 
Toms strutting around with their tails spread.  We  walked the road and came 
back to the same spot and a huge group came  flying back across the lake and 
landed high in the trees right over our  heads!  They stayed several 
minutes and then flew up the hillside and  walked out of sight.  It was 
amazing, 
and really loud with all the  crashing in the tree branches and the noise 
they made with their wing  flapping.  There always seems to be something new to 
see over there, but  this was amazing.  And we also saw an accipiter chase 
a Pileated out of a  tree!
 
Jan Shaw
Nashville, TN
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