See a flock of turkeys? The Pa. Game Commission wants details

[FakeNoose]

(link) https://www.post-gazette.com/life/outdoors/2023/01/06/turkeys-pa-game-commission/stories/202301060012

If you see a flock of turkeys, the Pennsylvania Game Commission wants to know where.

The commission is asking people to report flocks sighted between Jan. 1and March 15 by using a website to report the date, location and the type of land where the birds were seen — public, private or unknown. To report a flock sighting, fill out a survey online at www.pgc.pa.gov.

The commission wants to trap the turkeys to gather information for ongoing projects. The birds will be released after receiving leg bands.

The commission said its crews will visit the sites reported to determine “the potential to trap turkeys.

“Turkeys will not be moved; they’ll simply be leg banded and released on site,” according to the Game Commission. “In four Wildlife Management Units, some also will be outfitted with GPS transmitters, then released back on site to be monitored over time.”

The commission said in a news release that trapping turkeys in winter is part of its ongoing population monitoring and a large-scale turkey study.

PA Game Commission Survey site here: https://pgcdatacollection.pa.gov/TurkeyBroodSurvey

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Why don't they put more effort into managing the wild DEER population? Those rats on hooves are eating everything in sight, destroying people's gardens and shrubs, antagonizing dogs and homeowners everywhere.

[samnsara]

1. they can come study the HUGE flock of wild turkeys living..and pooping.. in my driveway!

...but im in wash state sooooo....

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Do they want them roasted, or frozen? /nt

[Effete Snob]

3. There's a shitload of them in Harrisburg

[Goonch]

4. Turkey Circle

[FakeNoose]

5. Hah! Wild turkeys

I've seen wild turkeys and even a few pheasants passing through my city neighborhood. But I've never seen an entire flock like this. What strange behavior. It looks like a dead turkey laying on the ground in the center too.

[Goonch]

6. "The circular nature of their march is just a result of their instinct to stay-

within the safety of their flock. In other words, what looks like extremely ominous behavior to human eyes is actually just a bunch of birds who can't decide how scared they should be of dead cat roadkill."

[Number9Dream]

7. I've seen turkey vultures circle a potential meal???