- Date
- 2014-08-04
- Kind
- Wildlife observation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- wildlifehuntingenvironmentcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
In August 2014, Beaver Island forum participants discussed seeing fewer wild turkeys in some areas after the severe winter. The same thread recorded local observations of a hen with seven chicks and a flock of ten toms or jakes, while the Chamber credited Beaver Island Wildlife Club feeding efforts with sustaining the island flock.
The discussion is community observation and advocacy, not a wildlife census or evidence that winter mortality caused a population decline.
Sources
- Participants reported fewer visible turkeys in some areas and offered competing explanations including winter conditions, coyotes, seasonal dispersal, and available food. One participant reported a hen with seven chicks and another a flock of ten; the Chamber thanked the Wildlife Club for feeding efforts. These are local observations, not a census or proof of winter mortality.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007812
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Beaver Island Archive, “Forum participants discuss lower wild-turkey sightings after winter, 2014”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wild-turkey-observations-2014/, accessed [date], citing Forum participants and Chamber of Commerce, "Wild Turkeys," Beaver Island Forum, August 4, 2014..
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