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> From: [log in to unmask] (kurt.gott)
> Date: June 1, 2011 10:38:59 PM EDT
> To: [log in to unmask] (kurt.gott)
> Subject: NHF&G - Wild Turkey Brood Sightings
>
> Hello all, message from the Upper Valley Conservation Network.
>
> Kurt
> UVCN
>
> --- Forwarded message from "N.H. Fish and Game" ---
>
>
> CONTACT:
> Ted Walski: 603-352-9669
> Jane Vachon: 603-271-3211
> June 1, 2011
>
>
> "CITIZEN CONSERVATIONISTS" ASKED TO REPORT N.H. WILD TURKEY BROOD  
> SIGHTINGS
>
> CONCORD, N.H. -- If you see young wild turkey broods in New  
> Hampshire this spring and summer, the N.H. Fish and Game Department  
> would like to hear about them. Fish and Game has created a new web- 
> based turkey brood survey and is inviting the public to report their  
> sightings during June, July and August, at http://www.wildnh.com/turkeybroodsurvey 
> .
>
> Fish and Game's success with a web-based Winter Turkey Flock Survey  
> has prompted the new survey on turkey brood sightings, beginning on  
> June 1. The term "brood" refers to a family group of young turkeys  
> accompanied by a hen. New Hampshire hens generally initiate egg- 
> laying in mid-April to early May and complete their clutch of about  
> 12 eggs in early to mid-May. Incubation lasts for 26 days, and most  
> nests hatch from late May to mid-June. If incubating turkey eggs are  
> destroyed or consumed by predators, hens often lay a replacement  
> clutch of eggs that hatch late June through late July. Reports of  
> adult male turkeys are not being requested.
>
> Young turkeys are extremely sensitive to cool temperatures and rain,  
> both as a result of its impact on their health, but also because it  
> adversely impacts insect populations that are a critical source of  
> nutrition for young turkeys. Since spring weather is highly  
> variable, survival of the annual hatch of wild turkeys is also  
> highly variable. Turkey populations depend on a large annual influx  
> of young turkeys to sustain themselves over time. Thus, the number  
> of young turkeys that survive to be "recruited" into the fall  
> population is of great interest to turkey managers. A large sample  
> of turkey brood observations collected throughout the summer can  
> provide turkey managers with insight into the size of the  
> "graduating class" of turkeys that will become adults. This explains  
> why turkey managers throughout the country incorporate information  
> from brood surveys into their management programs.
>
> Fish and Game is counting on citizen participation to get as much  
> data as possible through this important survey. Results will be  
> posted on our website in late fall. To report your turkey  
> observations on our web-based turkey brood survey, go to http://www.wildnh.com/turkeybroodsurvey 
> .
>
> The survey will close on August 31, 2011.
>
> Wildlife research and management in New Hampshire is funded in part  
> by Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration, a user-pay, user-benefit  
> program supported by your purchase of fishing tackle, firearms,  
> ammunition, archery equipment and motorboat fuels.
>
> The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is the guardian of the  
> state's fish, wildlife and marine resources and their habitats.  
> Visit http://www.wildnh.com.
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> --- End of forwarded text ---
>
> Kurt
>
> "Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until  
> progress began to do away with them."
>
> A Sand County Almanac
> Aldo Leopold
>
>
>

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