Pheasants - Cold?

[GetTothePoint]

Some of these turkeys nowadays are so high falutin' they live downtown. I think they roost in some high brow penthouse. They look down their beaks at the poor old country birds sleeping in trees. View attachment 10810

I always laugh at these turkey in town pics and think to myself they all must be in decent parts of the cities. I can't imagine they'd last too long in some neighborhoods

 

[Limitless]

Some of these turkeys nowadays are so high falutin' they live downtown. I think they roost in some high brow penthouse. They look down their beaks at the poor old country birds sleeping in trees. View attachment 10810

One of my daughters lived in Minneapolis for a while. Lots of them right in busy areas:

 

[gim]

Extremely adaptable bird. Amazing that they were only re-introduced here to MN in 1971. They are an astonishing story of wildlife success.

 

[Bob Peters]

Extremely adaptable bird. Amazing that they were only re-introduced here to MN in 1971. They are an astonishing story of wildlife success.

And there's also the fun fact that pen raised birds were tried several times but couldn't survive. It took rocket nets to capture wild birds in MO and brought to SE MN bluff country for them to take hold in MN. Ruffled grouse were traded for the turkeys.

 

[Limitless]

 

[Tomahawker]

Turkeys will eat pheasant and quail chicks

 

[remy3424]

Turkeys will eat pheasant and quail chicks

Is that true? I hear that all the time....have yet to hear from someone that witnessed it or seen a video of it. Often the source will say eggs and chicks. Guess I have never search for a vid...might now.

 

[remy3424]

Well, I Googled it and they think it is BS. What does Googgle know?

 

[Ref]

Looks like this pheasant thread turned into a turkey thread.

 

[gim]

s that true?

Nope, completely untrue. No data or scientific study to back it up whatsoever.

If you believe in Bigfoot or Megaladon then it might be true.

 

[captainshotgun]

Turkeys will also eat their own young. Just like phez. For sure!