Hi David,
There is the odd Emu (Emoo) about the place, as you say, mostly 'retirees' from
various farming ventures. There are lots of feral Turkeys on King and Flinders
Islands, and the odd feral Peafowl and Pheasants in places on mainland Tas. I
hadn't come across Turkeys in that situation, though. Are you sure they
couldn't have belonged to a farm somewhere nearby?
John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.
On 31/03/2010, at 6:47 PM, wrote:
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> I was talking to two young European tourists on the Freycinet Peninsula
> last week when one mentioned that she had seen an 'emoo' on the Coles Bay
> Road and showed me a photograph of it.
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> We drove along Coles Bay Road later that day and, sure enough, there was a
> lone emu wandering through the farmland on the east side of the road. I
> assume this bird is an escapee or retiree from the emu farm near Swansea.
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> There was also a flock of very free ranging Wild Turkeys foraging along the
> road reserve in the same area.
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> David
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