During my morning walk today, the wrens, blue jays, woodpeckers, phoebes and 
flickers all appeared to be in fine voice.  The highlight of the walk was a 
flock of 16 turkeys at the end of the road.  I had heard turkeys gobbling 
off and on during the summer but this was the first sighting of them.  Prior 
to sighting the turkeys, a red shouldered hawk had landed in the trees 
bordering a large open area.  As I got closer, I saw the turkeys out in the 
open nearly under where the hawk was.  I guess the turkeys were unfazed by 
the hawk, or vice versa.

Jim Wilson
Queenstown