Robbie and TnBirders, TWRA wild turkey biologist Randy Huskey gave the program at the December meeting of Nashville TOS. This was a very interesting presentation on the life history of the wild turkey, and it's re-introduction in Tennessee. I wish I could remember all the facts and statistics presented. A couple of items I do remember: TWRA research is showing that as birds are becoming more plentiful the clutch size is going down; the average clutch is 12 eggs and the success rate is aprox. 25%; some of the excess birds in a particular county are being trapped and moved to states like Maine that are still building up their flocks. There is probably more info at the TWRA web site. I'll see if Randy Huskey would respond and/or publish some of his data with TOS. Richard Connors Nashville TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================