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["michael sledjeski" <mtnsylva@xxxxxxx>]

  While driving along rural Cocke county roads yesterday, I encountered four 
species of game birds within a short space of time. The two Wild Turkey 
mothers and a half dozen+ young crossing the road were not unusual this time 
of year. A turn in the road produced a less common chance to watch a Ruffed 
Grouse family  scatter, regroup, then head for the woods. A couple of miles 
farther down the road, a male N. Bobwhite crossed my path (a pair had 
crossed in the same place the day before).
  Two hours later, Michael and I passed a feathered stranger with a ring 
around his neck, standing alongside a road. Presumably, the male Ring-necked 
Pheasant had been introduced by a local resident. I wonder if he will soon 
seek company with a band of wild turkeys, just as the Peafowl pair has in 
our neighborhood.

Leslie Gibbens (from Michael Sledjeski"s email address)
Cocke county Tennessee


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