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Eastern turkeys

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From: Dan Donovan
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Rochester, MN
Do you know if Bald Eagles pose a threat to adult Eastern turkeys? We've been hunting turkeys for years in a little valley, but since a pair of eagles has nested there, the turkeys don't seem to use the valley. Coincidence?

 
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From: Laura Kammin
Visiting Extension Specialist, Pollution Prevention
Extension-Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program
lkammin@illinois.edu
I doubt that the arrival of the eagles had anything to do with it. Has the habitat changed? How has the weather been? Wet, cold springs really do a number on survival of the polts.

 
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