Now that I only have finch food and sugar water out I only have colorful finches, chickadees and twice a day a lovely indigo bunting plus 3 hummers! Plus some doves, jays and an occasional female Cardinal on the ground looking for scraps. Linka Lewis south Strafford Sent from my iPad > On Aug 6, 2015, at 3:40 PM, Peter LaBelle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > For the past few days, we've had a resident ("pet") turkey on our property in East Thetford. We see the bird, a male with a beard, once or twice a day, usually walking across our field, but sometimes right in our lawn. > We got a big surprise a few days ago, though, when a huge group of 25 turkeys crossed our field and went into the woods. The group contained several adults but was mostly poults. We haven't seen them since, though. > Other than that, not many birds around. Our resident House Wren is still singing occasionally, and we have a couple hummingbirds at our feeder. > > **************************************************************** > To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] > Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. > To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Web based archives and subscription management are available at: > http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html > **************************************************************** **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************