Backyard Turkeypalooza

On July 3rd I was washing dishes, looked out the window and was stunned to see a herd of turkeys strolling through the yard.


*gasp*
Turquita has peeps! Awesome!











There's 18 chicks here.... probably a few more around.















Awwwww who's makin poopies in my yard, is it you?? Yes it is!


A brief video, sorry for the bad quality, I was shooting into the sun and trying to hide because they were watching me:

Look, up in the trees....

..... it's Turquita!















I was weeding in the yard when I heard her flapping around up there. She's been around a lot lately (on the ground) and it's always a treat to see her.

She's Baaaaaack!

Been a while since I've seen her but today, just before a thunderstorm, she was eating birdseed in the backyard. Yay!
I call her "Turquita".

Turkey time

Sunday and today I've seen the same young wild turkey in our backyard, I think it's a hen. She's a beautiful bird and a lot of fun to watch.
I keep hoping she'll drop a feather out there for me but all I found after her visit today was a few muddy footprints and some poop.
She stops to munch on the birdseed I spread out every few days. This morning she hung around the yard a long time and had to share the buffet with a blue jay, a flock of starlings, 3 of my tribe of 5 crows, and a rabbit that she chased off. I heard her vocalizing in the woods later, I considered getting out my turkey caller but I don't want to confuse her or scare her away :-)

Here's a video, at the end she saw me standing in the window: