8-15-07 Pickett County Byrdstown, TN My yard hasn't been mowed in three weeks. The grass is high and has gone to seed. Earlier I had seen two hen turkeys and six poults feeding in an over grown weed patch in the abandoned orchard. For the past week I have been seeing the same group minus two poults. Today they came into the back yard very close and I watched as they gleaned the grass seed by putting their bill at the lower part of the stalk and zipping up to the top to reap a bill full of seed. As the turkeys fed, a curious fawn came out of the weeds and eased up to the poults, getting closer and closer. The hens hardly looked up until the fawn lifted a foot and put it down close to a poult which flew up for a short distance. Then the fawn jumped and whirled around tried to start a game with a rabbit. This went on for thirty minutes. Gradually the turkeys left and the fawn wandered off. This terrible heat and dry weather has drawn the birds to my bird bath. They enjoy the constant drip from a pipe overhead. The hummingbirds swarm around my two feeders. My creek is dry and I'm getting concerned about not only the birds but all wildlife. Robbie Hassler =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________