I Just Saw a Wild Turkey In All His Glory

[leftyladyfrommo]

I go to a park every morning to walk and this morning there was this most beautiful wild turkey just strutting his stiff. There are also some deer living in thos woods. And all the other wild life we have in our city - foxes, rabbits, possums, raccoons, squirrels, birds of all kinds.

It is so beautiful about 6 in the morning. I just wish I could share it with all of you. (Before the builders ruin the whole thing).

[Chiyo-chichi]

1. There are turkey in the woods by my house.

Once I was leaving & had to pause in the driveway while a line of baby turkeys crossed with their mom. I'll never forget that.

I saw a big flock of adults last Thanksgiving.

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. They are so cool.

I guess there are lots of turkeys in Missouri.

I got caught once with a whole bunch of baby quail under my car. Couldn't go anywhere antil they decided to move.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

3. My husband saw two wild turkeys along the road side last night

while we we're driving on I-95 south bound close to Waterville, ME. I didn't see them because I was driving the car. I've never seen a wild turkey before.

[anarch]

4. they are really beautiful birds

The whiskey's good, too. :)

[southlandshari]

5. Was it just one?

I usually see them around here in the mornings, but always in groups. Right now I'm seeing mostly adults - I can't remember if there is a certain time of year there are more babies about, but I love seeing the little ones ambling along with their mothers.

:D

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. Yes, just one that I could see.

But there are pretty dense woods right behind where he was so there might have been more.

And there was another turkey out there this morning. Couldn't tell if it was the same one because it didn't have its feathers all fanned out.

I would kind of like to know who owns those woods. We need to make sure they are protected.

[laheina]

7. I saw one last night.

We were headed to the grocery store when one decided to cross a major street to get back to a section of the river park. When the traffic started getting close, it opened its wings and beat it across. I often see a group that lives near there. :)

They are smart little guys.

[leftyladyfrommo]

8. I just think they are so beautiful.

We have lots of really neat birds here. Lots of eagles and hawks and all sorts of song birds.

But turkeys are so unique.

I got stuck behind a group of geese walking down the road - parents are half grown youngsters. So I put on my blinkers and just stayed behind to protect them until they could get to a safer place.

[laheina]

11. Good for you!

My husband stopped to buy bread once so that he could lure some ducks out of a street.

We all need to be gentle with nature. :hi:

[Wcross]

15. Babies will be out and about in a month or two. n/t

[sarge43]

9. Spring is usually the only time to see the toms

They come out of the deep woods, as you say, to strut their stuff and convince the hens to help them distribute their genes. Then they go back to baching it.

I hope you're able to see the hens and poults this summer; that's an Aaaawwww moment.

[leftyladyfrommo]

10. I will keep looking.

I have only seen turkeys a couple of times before. I used to walk my dogs at Smtihville Lake just north of KC. I could hear the turkeys in the woods sometimes. And then one day I looked up and a whole group of them were milling around. It was very eary and no other people were around.

A lot of people in Missouri go turkey hunting. They say it is a very challenging thing. Turkeys are pretty hard to outsmart.

Personally, I like my turkeys alive and gobbling around where I can just watch them in total awe.

[jukes]

12. if you lived in GA

you wd have also seen 15 hillbillys shooting at it.

the turkeys chances of survival wd be 85%; they're smarter than crackers, and 75 % of the good ole boys wd have been drunk, anyway.

[Wcross]

16. Here in Tennessee they are far from endangered.

I know plenty of people that hunt turkey. I have enjoyed it many times in the past. It's a whole lot better tasting than the pumped up on steriod birds you see in the market.

[jukes]

17. Wcross: sorry if i offended

YANKEE!

was joking the poachers that are inherent in rural GA that will bust a cap on anything not wearing blaze orange, in-season or not.

a deputy recently recounted citing 1 of my neighbors for the 2 turkeys rotting in his backyard, shot out of season, that he was too lazy &/or drunk to clean & cook/refrigerate.

i'm a vegetarian y animal activist since the (unpopular) war, but have no problem w/ responsible hunters.

sorry, my humour is heavy-handed @ times.
:spank:

[Wcross]

18. No offense taken.

I know the type of person you are talking about. There are plenty in my area. People that kill for the fun of it are mentally ill in my opinion.

[jukes]

19. glad

i didn't insult; seems we have sim views on the subject!

[bikebloke]

13. During orienteering

I was running in an orienteering meet once and surprised a wild turkey. It was on the other side of the tree as I passed. After its "oh shit" moment, it took wing through the trees. Really graceful and majestic.

[Catshrink]

14. What a tease...

I thought you meant this:



My sister used to have two resident young toms in her yard in Wisconsin. They lived there a whole season. I thought it was interesting that they slept in a tree at night. I didn't think a bird that big could sleep in a tree. They didn't return the following year so they either found mates or ended up on someone's table.

[AccessGranted]

20. Strutting his stiff - ROFL

Hahahahaha!