Bush Turkeys

[colbra]

My mum and dad have brush turkeys near their place. They've placed mirrors around the plants that they don't want the birds to dig around. Apparently the brush turkeys don't like to see their reflection (they think it is another bird obviously) and leave them alone.

Thanks Poppa I have a couple of old mirrors
Colbra

[Twisted Tenon]

We've got them all around us. The trick is to not let them start a mound. It's a game dog or cat that attacks an adult bird.

TT

[colbra]

We've got them all around us. The trick is to not let them start a mound. It's a game dog or cat that attacks an adult bird.

TT

Hi Twisted Tenon Its good to be talking with a forum member from the same locality I think it’s too late for that I was away for 3 months in the caravan, on coming home I found the new lodgers. I think they were hatched in my compost heap at the back of my property which faces on to Blackwall mountain if you have a similar problem I would imagine that you live on the coast as well I worked in the mountain area and was stationed at Toukley some years ago but only came across them at Wyong and south from there. I have not found them to be aggressive as a matter of fact they follow me about in the back yard.
I have not fed them nor do I intend to do so it’s just a nuisance factor that they are in the vegetable garden there are five there now, the other day they had visitors or maybe mum and dad.
On the front verandah we get king parrots lorikeets, kookaburras,
butcher birds, magpies and currawongs which we feed from time to time it’s all good stuff.
colbra

[Twisted Tenon]

Hi cobra
We're at Niagara Park and back onto the Strickland Forest. We get a lot of them through our yard. They fly over across the roof tops into our yard. We used to feed a lot of the birds around our area but had to stop feeding the them because of all the cats in our area. The only bird that withstood the cats are the Turkeys. 3 months is too long you don't have a chance. I have found nests a couple meters high and 10 or 15 wide up in the forest.

TT

[colbra]

Hi cobra
We're at Niagara Park and back onto the Strickland Forest. We get a lot of them through our yard. They fly over across the roof tops into our yard. We used to feed a lot of the birds around our area but had to stop feeding the them because of all the cats in our area. The only bird that withstood the cats are the Turkeys. 3 months is too long you don't have a chance. I have found nests a couple meters high and 10 or 15 wide up in the forest.

TT

Its a nice part of the valley there we use to use Mangrove Rd to get up to the F3 at Easter or if the hwy was blocked.
I thick I can recall seeing them a long there. I guess I will just have to live with them for a while
Colbra

[colbra]

With capture and training they could make excellent substitutes for grey hound racing enthusiasts.
When driving on forestry tracks they shoot out onto the roads and run hell for leather for 50 metres then ....shoot off into the bush. Reminds me of the road runner (Bugs Bunny style)

How there’s a thought what would you use instead of a tin hare to get them to move around the track maybe a bunch of carrots
LOL colbra