hey, turkey!
Posted: June 25th, 2009 | Author: Lori Paximadis | Filed under: critters, house, nature | 6 Comments »Just call our neighborhood Wild Kingdom.
The latest addition to the menagerie, following the pack of coyotes who used the ravine behind our house as a highway for a couple of weeks (but now seem to have moved on), is a mother turkey and her two chicks. Witness:
This photo was taken from my office window. The little path that runs alongside that part of the house is a well-trodden route for them.
The mother will let me get about ten feet away before she starts to show signs of protectiveness.
We first saw the turkeys two weeks ago, and in that time the babies have really grown and the mother is starting to let them wander a little ways away from her.
My neighbor tells me she saw the tom last week, although I have not seen him.
My little camera takes video, although it’s not very high-res. But if you care to share in my fascination in watching them as they eat the seeds off the tall grass, here you go:
what a great video!! Who knew turkeys could be so adorable!
That’s amazing that they’re so close. We see 4 around our neighborhood, but no polts…that I’ve seen. They’re always hundreds of yards away though.
“Polts” — that’s a great word!
These ones don’t seem to be afraid of much, except for the hawks. One day when I was watching them, I heard a hawk cry in the distance, and the little ones bolted under some greenery and the mother got a lot more vigilant-looking.
Hi Lori, just found you on The Fluent Self – worlds collide :-)
Lean, it is a small, small world indeed. Thanks for stopping by!
Coyotes? Turkeys? where did you move to?