I have been seeing a lot of turkey on a farm I have permission to wander just past the acreage I bought for a house site. It is at the end of Roundtree Lane just a couple of miles west of MIfflin, TN, just in the top tip of Chester County. Today we (the dogs and I) broke out iinto a bean field from a brushy area, and surprised an entire family of turkey, Are there as many as twelve in one brood? because it seemed like that many, with some going one way and a couple coming back by us, crashlanding clumsily in some large alder growing by the ditch. They were only about one third the size of the adults and a soft brown color, but they flew surprisingly well. The dogs sniffed around where they had been but came on with me agreeably when I called them, since the baby turkeys set up a piteous peeping right away to be reunited. Are turkey families called coveys? I assume that turkey flocks aren't necessarilly all related, or are they? Carol Reese Ornamental Horticulture Specialist -Western District University of Tennessee Extension Service 605 Airways Blvd. Jackson TN 38301 901 425 4721 email jcreese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx =================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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================