[wisb] Re: Turkeys in trees
- From: "hiwayman chorus.net" <hiwayman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Betsyacorn@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 10:13:05 -0600
We had turkeys feeding up high in some hackberries two years go on the north
side of Madison in a neighborhood.
Mike Rewey
Madison
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 10:03 AM, <Betsyacorn@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Maybe the turkeys are on energy reserve, lacking a decent ground food
> supply. When I lived in the east, following the then infrequent snow
> events,
> I'd see them consuming the fruit of sumac, often bending the plant top
> with
> their weight. If they knocked it to the top of the snow, the flock would
> scramble to pick at it while negotiating the drifts with some difficulty.
>
> I do wonder how or if the 2 meadowlarks at the Lakefront are surviving
> with all this snow cover.
>
> The squirrels here have tunneled down into the drifts to scavenge for se
> ed; yesterday, I watched a junco peering down one of these channels and
> moving from side to side around the hole as though it was holding its
> breath and
> ready to dive in, ala Jules Verne. Pretty funny. (it never did make the
> leap)
>
> Betsy Abert, So. Milwaukee
>
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