OK Bird people...feather ID?

Lakesrider · 10-28-2008, 08:07 PM

I came home today to find around 10 of these feathers all over the hood/roof of my truck. Here are a couple. Hawk? I know there is a Perrigren that flies around my house as well. Must have been an impressive fight or something....

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...b/DSC_0834.jpg

steadyon · 10-29-2008, 07:30 AM

looks like turkey flats and rounds to me.
were they all those shapes?

woodswalk · 10-29-2008, 07:41 AM

Turkey.
Have seen them lose feathers when trying to roost or land in tall pines. They are quite clumsy and get a bit tangled up at times.

HUH · 10-29-2008, 09:05 AM

Turkeys have realy made a come back.. seeing them everywhere

Grant · 10-30-2008, 03:11 PM

There was a time when turkey sightings were relatively rare, and the birds you saw spooked quite quickly. These days, however, we see them regularly around Tuftonboro, and they aren't so quick to flee. There's been a growing family in the Twentymile Bay area for a few years now.

Down here in SE PA, we have loads of them as well -- in suburban settings. There's one notable "flock" of 20-30 birds that I've seen a few times a week during my commute for the past five or six years.

Years ago, ring-neck pheasants were abundant here. Our home was surrounded by farmland, and the suckers were everywhere -- to the point of being more common roadkill than rabbits, groundhogs, squirrels, possum or deer. Today, they're gone. Completely. Point is, I suppose many of these species are cyclical and subject to a variety of influences. I'm glad to see turkeys on the upswing (along with our friends the Bald Eagles).

Now -- can we do something to put Canada Geese on the downswing??? Their presence at the Lake in recent years has me very concerned. If you could see what they've done to various bodies of water down here, you'd understand. They need to be controlled (read: exterminated in large numbers).

But I digress...

Sal · 10-30-2008, 04:47 PM

I think the larger feather is from a chicken (or rooster).

WeirsBeachBoater · 10-30-2008, 05:24 PM

I think you have a Rare Abenaki Broad Chested, Short Beaked, Loony Bird! Congrats, one hasn't been seen in these parts since the rattlesnakes left Rattlesnake Island!

10-28-2008, 08:07 PM	#1
Lakesrider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,129 Thanks: 380 Thanked 1,016 Times in 345 Posts	OK Bird people...feather ID? I came home today to find around 10 of these feathers all over the hood/roof of my truck. Here are a couple. Hawk? I know there is a Perrigren that flies around my house as well. Must have been an impressive fight or something.... http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...b/DSC_0834.jpg

10-29-2008, 07:41 AM	#3
woodswalk Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: GIW NH Posts: 41 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	yep........ Turkey. Have seen them lose feathers when trying to roost or land in tall pines. They are quite clumsy and get a bit tangled up at times.

10-29-2008, 09:05 AM	#4
HUH Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 230 Thanks: 21 Thanked 14 Times in 8 Posts	Turkey Turkeys have realy made a come back.. seeing them everywhere

10-30-2008, 03:11 PM	#5
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,485 Thanks: 338 Thanked 212 Times in 116 Posts	There was a time when turkey sightings were relatively rare, and the birds you saw spooked quite quickly. These days, however, we see them regularly around Tuftonboro, and they aren't so quick to flee. There's been a growing family in the Twentymile Bay area for a few years now. Down here in SE PA, we have loads of them as well -- in suburban settings. There's one notable "flock" of 20-30 birds that I've seen a few times a week during my commute for the past five or six years. Years ago, ring-neck pheasants were abundant here. Our home was surrounded by farmland, and the suckers were everywhere -- to the point of being more common roadkill than rabbits, groundhogs, squirrels, possum or deer. Today, they're gone. Completely. Point is, I suppose many of these species are cyclical and subject to a variety of influences. I'm glad to see turkeys on the upswing (along with our friends the Bald Eagles). Now -- can we do something to put Canada Geese on the downswing??? Their presence at the Lake in recent years has me very concerned. If you could see what they've done to various bodies of water down here, you'd understand. They need to be controlled (read: exterminated in large numbers). But I digress... __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."

10-30-2008, 04:47 PM	#6
Sal Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 311 Thanks: 103 Thanked 169 Times in 53 Posts	the larger feather I think the larger feather is from a chicken (or rooster).

10-29-2008, 07:30 AM	#2
steadyon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Meredith Posts: 102 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 6 Posts	looks like turkey flats and rounds to me. were they all those shapes?

10-30-2008, 05:24 PM	#7
WeirsBeachBoater Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 709 Blog Entries: 9 Thanks: 39 Thanked 148 Times in 65 Posts	I think you have a Rare Abenaki Broad Chested, Short Beaked, Loony Bird! Congrats, one hasn't been seen in these parts since the rattlesnakes left Rattlesnake Island!