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Originally Posted by Evans, Marv

We have plenty around here. I mow the tall grass with my lawn mower in some of the more level spots for fire mitigation. One time I was mowing along and came upon a large lump in the grass next to the fence line. When I got up close, I recognized it as a hen turkey that didn't move, so I went around it and passed it several times as I finished my cutting. She hatched her chicks and moved on a few days later. I once saw a hen with chicks in the back and a hawk coming in for a chick. The mother turkey flew up and directly at the incoming hawk, which made an immediate U-turn and left. I like having them around, though I've heard accounts of people being attacked in their driveways attributed to the territoriality of the birds.

An old work group that was a mirror to our group in Houston worked out of Whippany, NJ. They had turkeys in the parking lot that would attack cars and people in the parking lot.