The picture above and the last two were taken last August. The flock is made up of adult birds, probably hens, and half-grown chicks. I don't know if there are any toms here, and I don't have any pictures of the toms showing off for the hens, so you'll have to do without!
This one shows two toms--the ones to the left which have beards! Turkey beards are made of special feathers which look more like hair and hang from the breast. Hens sometimes have beards, but not frequently. This picture was taken in October.
Turkeys are quite alert. These are carefully watching something...
one of our cats, who is trying very hard to look like he is NOT watching them! Our other cat has twice (that I know of) caught and eaten a turkey about the size of the smaller ones here.
I learned about wild turkeys at this site: http://www.nwtf.org/all_about_turkeys/wild_turkey_facts.html . They are interesting birds!
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This is very interesting to me, as just last week I saw wild turkeys for the first time.....or at least turkeys running wild!
Dimple: That certainly is a nice flock of Wild turkey to visit you, thanks for sharing this Thanksgiving week treat.
These gobblers are gorgeous, in their own funny way. Thanks so much for sharing these Superior Snaps!
We have wild turkeys in NZ as well. I have a photo of them somewhere. Should post it some time :)
It been awhile since I seen some wild turkeys, great capture.
What a beautiful birds! Great pictures!
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Those are FANTASTIC wild turkey shots! The ones around here are so shy, we could never get that close for a photo...nor could a cat get that close. That's just amazing, really. And you must have them in droves. We only get a rare glimpse (but did see one fanning a tail earlier this year).
I see wild turkeys sometimes on the Natchez Trace on my way to work. They are pretty funny looking guys!
dear dimple.. i think that they are so pretty.
i had a friend who lived in the country and in his back forested lawn the wild turkeys felt very safe and so did the deer because mr.m. would never let the hunters on to his land.
some of them became quite tame and were almost like pets after a while.
you are so fortunate to have gotten these pictures.
doesn't the lord just send you such delightful photo shoots?.....love terry
Oh, I love wild animals! It makes nature so much richer... :-D
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