Wild Turkeys are common year-round residents at Fair Meadows. Breeding season begins in March, but most active courtship occurs in April and May.
Photo by Gary Shackelford
This spring we have been treated to numerous turkey sightings at Goose Pond Sanctuary. A flock of about 75 birds wintered 2.5 miles southeast of Goose Pond. Winter flocks spread out in early spring, and in the last week in April, we spotted a 11 gobblers in Hopkins Road Prairie near a stand of experimental elm trees on the UW Arlington Agricultural Research Farm.