OK now that I have your attention I am not talking about bourbon here but rather those ugly disgusting wild turkeys that run rampant this time of year in the hills around where I live.
Living in the hills surrounding Mt Diablo where I live brings with a spring barrage of wild turkeys who manage to fly over my fence and wreak havoc in my yard. Several weeks ago I came home to find 3 adult turkeys in my back yard with 14 recently hatched turkeys. What an absolute mess they created crapping everywhere and leaving feathers everywhere. Now the coyotes seem to have picked most of them off and we are left with 7 adults, the males of which must stand at least 4 feet tall and weigh at least 25 lbs. Now they have taken to drinking from the shallow end of my pool by standing on the top step. As thanks for drinking the water they crap on the top step and let me tell you that wild turkey poop is not the same as that from our pet parakeets. These are big, disgusting and almost impossible to get out of the pool.
here is the problem...these birds are protected by law and there is nothing you can do. You can't trap them, shoot them or blow them up. If they become a huge problem you can petition the county for a permit for their removal but this ends up costing a fortune
I have tried everything from loud noises to throwing cans at them to spraying them with my garden hose to get them out of the yard but they still find a way back. What is amazing is that these huge birds (unlike domestic turkeys) can fly and there is nothing funnier than running after these birds and watching them fly all of 50 feet over my fence into the back hills.
My question is whether anyone else has problems with these disgusting birds and what solution did you take. I finally had to resort to placing those floor carpet tack strips around the shallow end of my pool as well as a wall of patio furniture around the steps. My gardner laughs when he sees this around my pool. I told him the next thing I am going to do is buy an air gun. We have tried the windmills on the top of the fence and other things which cause reflections of light but they still find a way in
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Living in the hills surrounding Mt Diablo where I live brings with a spring barrage of wild turkeys who manage to fly over my fence and wreak havoc in my yard. Several weeks ago I came home to find 3 adult turkeys in my back yard with 14 recently hatched turkeys. What an absolute mess they created crapping everywhere and leaving feathers everywhere. Now the coyotes seem to have picked most of them off and we are left with 7 adults, the males of which must stand at least 4 feet tall and weigh at least 25 lbs. Now they have taken to drinking from the shallow end of my pool by standing on the top step. As thanks for drinking the water they crap on the top step and let me tell you that wild turkey poop is not the same as that from our pet parakeets. These are big, disgusting and almost impossible to get out of the pool.
here is the problem...these birds are protected by law and there is nothing you can do. You can't trap them, shoot them or blow them up. If they become a huge problem you can petition the county for a permit for their removal but this ends up costing a fortune
I have tried everything from loud noises to throwing cans at them to spraying them with my garden hose to get them out of the yard but they still find a way back. What is amazing is that these huge birds (unlike domestic turkeys) can fly and there is nothing funnier than running after these birds and watching them fly all of 50 feet over my fence into the back hills.
My question is whether anyone else has problems with these disgusting birds and what solution did you take. I finally had to resort to placing those floor carpet tack strips around the shallow end of my pool as well as a wall of patio furniture around the steps. My gardner laughs when he sees this around my pool. I told him the next thing I am going to do is buy an air gun. We have tried the windmills on the top of the fence and other things which cause reflections of light but they still find a way in
Help
Suggestions welcome