local turkeys

[redbird]

Walking home from the supermarket, I saw a group of three turkeys--two adults and one poult--and then, half a block away, a single male turkey.

I reported them to the Massachusetts wild turkey survey.

Otherwise, I've been seeing and hearing robins, mostly.

Comments

Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

That's so exciting! :D I've seen wild turkeys a few times in Illinois, driving through forests, but not often.

Re: Wow!

[redbird]

They are rather a thing in the Boston area these days, enough so that "turkey" is a regular tag on the Universal Hub website, for particularly good photos and the occasional story like turkeys attack senior in Cambridge and draw blood. In that case, two birds followed a woman, and then (counter)attacked when she swung her purse at them.

Re: Wow!

[darkcedars]

Wow. We have a lot of turkeys in Kansas, I'll tell my parents not to do anything threatening next time a flock wanders through their yard!

Re: Wow!

[redbird]

We walked slowly and calmly past two adult turkeys whose poult was on the other side of a hedge this morning, and it was fine. When we approached, one of the adults had been on the same side of the hedge as the young bird, which then looked as though it wasn't sure whether it should join its parents, or how.

I think these were the same birds I already reported to the turkey census, based on number and location.

[pameladean]

Oh, nice! I miss our neighborhood flock, which appears to have moved on, unsurprisingly. We have rather groomed park and a bunch of yards and gardens, but other neighborhoods have Minnehaha Creek or wilder parks.

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