From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Dec 2 08:37:07 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gB2GWk7k007393 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 08:32:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from huckleberry.ideo.com ([208.201.196.102]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gB2GW3ZS007355 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 08:32:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from 10.1.2.8 ([10.1.2.8]) by huckleberry.ideo.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Mon, 2 Dec 2002 08:32:01 -0800 Date: 02 Dec 02 08:32:02 -0800 From: Jim Yurchenco <[[email protected]]> To: "south-bay-birds" <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: QuickMail Pro 1.5.3 (Mac) X-Priority: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="====51505752494855565653===1" Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Dec 2002 16:32:01.0803 (UTC) FILETIME=[57891DB0:01C29A20] X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1b4+ cc: Whitney Mortimer <[[email protected]]> Subject: [SBB] Turkey rumble X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b4+ Precedence: list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] --====51505752494855565653===1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Amy and I spent Sunday, December 1 at Henry Coe State Park.=A0 Although no = unexpected birds were seen, we witnessed a fascinating natural spectacle.= =A0 Walking along Coyote Creek early in the morning, a flock of sixteen = female/immature Wild Turkeys was seen foraging in a field next to the = ranch road.=A0 We'll call them the Jets.=A0 Around a corner on the road, = another flock of about sixteen female/immature birds was seen: the Sharks.= =A0 We stopped to watch the birds.=A0 The Sharks called and the Jets = stopped foraging and froze.=A0 The Sharks called again and the Jets turned = and ran across the field to the road where they confronted the Jets.=A0 A = wild melee ensued; both group and personal combat took place between the = two gangs.=A0 Birds paired off and started beating each other with their = wings.=A0 A couple of birds engaged in vicious beak to beak combat. = alternately locking beaks and pecking each other on the neck and throat.= =A0 Breast to breast, they pushed and shoved at each other like bull elk = in rutting season. The non-combatants milled about hooting and hollering, = egging the fighters on.=A0 This went on for quite a while as the tide of = combat moved back and forth over the road and nearby embankments. The = birds were mostly oblivious of us. The fighting was still going on when we = left, whether the Sharks or the Jets won, we'll never know.=A0Ironically, = a mile up the road, we came upon a group of half a dozen adult males, = peacefully coexisting and gobbling in unison.=A0 James Yurchenco = Palo Alto [[email protected]] RFC822 header ----------------------------------- Received: from astro.ideo.com ([10.1.1.18]) by huckleberry.ideo.com with = Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Sun, 1 Dec 2002 20:10:14 -0800 Received: from mta5.snfc21.pbi.net ([206.13.28.241]) by astro.ideo.com = with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Sun, 1 Dec 2002 20:10:14 -0800 Received: from alauterba22m ([64.168.28.44]) by mta5.snfc21.pbi.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 1.6 (built = Oct 18 2002)) with SMTP id <[[email protected]]> for jimy@ideo.= com; Sun, 01 Dec 2002 20:10:14 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 20:08:10 -0800 From: "Amy (at home) Lauterbach" <[[email protected]]> Subject: Turkey rumble To: Jim Yurchenco <[[email protected]]> Message-id: <000e01c298ef$42c5a510$6401a8c0@alauterba22m> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary=3D"----=3D_NextPart_000_000B_01C298AC.347AB8D0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal Return-Path: [[email protected]] X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Dec 2002 04:10:14.0407 (UTC) FILETIME=3D[= B70F7170:01C299B8] = --====51505752494855565653===1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]] --====51505752494855565653===1--