i saw several wild turkeys near exit 34 on 1-90 four or five years ago. i
understand the folks around boxwood nursery over in duvall have released
them off and on for a number of years hoping they'd take up residence in the
paper tree lots.

regards,

dave tee
crazydave65atgmaildaughtcom

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Eugene and Nancy Hunn <enhunn323 at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Andrea,
>
> Wild Turkey is not yet on the official King County list. A report last year
> proved to be most likely local escapes. Bears watching, however, as they
> are
> established near Cle Elum across the Cascade Crest and likely spreading.
>
> Gene Hunn
> 18476 47th Pl NE
> Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
> enhunn323 at comcast.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
> [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Andrea
> Wuenschel
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 6:09 PM
> To: Tweeters
> Subject: [Tweeters] Wild Turkey at Rattlesnake Lake, King Co.
>
> Sorry for the late post, but I didn't realize that
> wild turkeys are somewhat rare for King County until I
> looked at the eBird stats this week--
>
> Last Sunday I was on a hike with mostly non-birding
> friends up to Rattlesnake Ridge and I heard Wild
> Turkey calling from the salmonberry. Didn't get any
> looks through the dense shrubbery (could these
> possibly be escapees?), but my birding friend and I
> heard it (or them) several times.
>
> The calls were heard at the North end of Rattlesnake
> Lake, on the flat part of the path that takes you up
> to Rattlesnake Ridge.
> Rattlesnake Lake is near North Bend off of I-90 and is
> relatively easy to get to, just search for Rattlesnake
> Lake online.
>
> Andrea Wuenschel
> North Seattle
>
>
>
>
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