Hi, My name is Bill Cawood. I am a school teacher in Big Stone Gap and a naturalist at Natural Tunnel State Park. Today at Natural Tunnel I saw a gang of 6 turkeys. A bachelor gang that I have watched since the summer of 2002. The gang did number 8, now 6. They were in the yard of the Cove Ridge Center. Todd Perkins <bigun_75@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Area birders, On the way to school this morning, I saw two gobblers in full strut. I noticed a hen with them. I'm sure there were more turkeys though. These were the first turkeys of the year that I've seen in full strut. I saw one in half-strut about two weeks ago. Last year, I seen one in full strut on Feb. 2. Thats pretty early. Todd Perkins _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. It serves the Russell County Bird Club, Herndon Chapter TOS, Chapter, Blue Ridge Birders Club, Butternut Nature Club, Buchanan County Bird Club, Bristol Bird Club, Clinch Valley Bird Club and Cumberland Nature Club. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423)764-3958 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, and more ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. It serves the Russell County Bird Club, Herndon Chapter TOS, Chapter, Blue Ridge Birders Club, Butternut Nature Club, Buchanan County Bird Club, Bristol Bird Club, Clinch Valley Bird Club and Cumberland Nature Club. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423)764-3958