Look at the grub in the neighbor’s yard!
Let’s fan out and investigate! Cracked corn!
Yummy! Strutting about with fanned tail feathers,
Tom turkey replies: look at me! Let’s go!
The hens heed the gobbling. With a
great fanfare of clucks, purrs and
gobbles, the hens and toms swagger
over to the feast awaiting them.
They leave the open woodlands, their
preferred habitat. With a swagger
and strut, the gobblers head to forage
the neighbor’s yard. Sounding to the jakes
and poults, the wild turkeys parade and swoop.
With wattles and caruncles, they make a
mad dash for the feast awaiting them. Tom
turkey says to pay the neighbor no heed for
he feeds us and enjoys watching. Fellas, let’s
scarf this meal. Hey, look at me, Tom fans
his tail feathers as he vies for the hens’
attention. They finish the last morsels.
With a flurry of activity, some strut or
fly to the woodlands for the night. We’ll
roost in yonder trees! Tomorrow is
another day for us! What a feast we had!
Turkey gang and a starry night! Love the photos and blog post xoxo
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Emily, thanks for the comment. Play on words with turkeys fanning their tail feathers. Thanks for the starry night and thanks to Tom for the turkeys. You have had to wait for turkeys to cross your street too. Glad you enjoyed the post. Enjoy the weekend. oxox
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‘Tis the Season… HAPPY SPRING! ❤ Wonderful photos and poem, Mary Ann. xo
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Bette, thank you for your uplifting comment. Much appreciated. Happy Spring to you. Sunny but very brisk this week. Glad you enjoyed the poem and photos. Enjoy your weekend. Blessings, oxox
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Blessings and love to you and yours! ❤ xo
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Thanks, Bette. Always appreciated. Hugs to you (virtually) and enjoy your weekend. oxox
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What a wonderful thing to see the wild turkeys. I enjoyed your creative words and photos.
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Sally, thank you for the lovely words. Sometimes photos evoke poetry. It’s as simple as that. Wild turkeys are around our wooded areas, our daughter’s wooded areas and now our son’s. Watching nature is a soothing activity. Last time I looked at your blog from Costa Rica, you had all sorts of chickens and stories. Be well and your comment is much appreciated! oxox
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My sis-in-law had wild turkeys all around the back of her house. If she’d ever sent pictures, I imagine they’d look something like this.
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Jacquie, the turkey photos are compliments of our FL son in his neighbor’s yard. Our daughter in Southampton has abundant wild turkeys in the woods. She frequently has to allow them to cross the road so she can get to work. We also have some nearby. Fascinating creatures. ^__^
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They really are. I think they’re pretty aggressive given the opportunity.
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Agree on the aggressive part. I once laughed at a sign outside a rural gift shop warning that they were guarded by attack geese. We exited out vehicle at our own peril with those beaks pecking at us as we attempted to enter the shop. I have great respect for them ever since.
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Wow! Fabulous, Mary Ann!
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Clare, thank you for your uplifting comment. Wild turkeys are a sight to behold. Do you have any such creatures in your vicinity? Be well. oxox
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We don’t get wild turkeys in this country – they are enormous birds, aren’t they?! We get plenty of small song birds, some birds of prey, pheasants, ducks and other water birds. xx
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Clare, you have your share of birds. Yes, wild turkeys have a large wing span. I enjoy the small birds as well and some are very accustomed to being around humans. Ducks and geese galore at the lake park. Some graceful swans too. I think wild turkeys are native to North America. I enjoy watching, listening and feeding the birds now that we have a squirrel proof birdseed which my husband ordered. Nature is awesome. Be well. oxox
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Thank you, Mary Ann xoxo
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My pleasure. Be well. oxox
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Mary Ann, what a sight of all these wild turkeys and they obviously have no fear as they took over the neighbour’s garden! They are very chuffed with themselves and enjoy showing off! A fun poem and accompanied by lovely photos … the final one is heavenly! A great post, my friend! xx
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Annika, interesting how three different geographical areas have wild turkeys. The photos are compliments of our FL son. Our daughter out on Long Island in NY has these creatures as do we in Upstate NY. The gorgeous starry night photo is compliments of our daughter who holds her own with a camera. Thank you once again, Annika. Our son’s neighbor puts out cracked corn in his yard to get the wild turkeys to visit. They are interesting to watch and to listen to as they strut. Be well. oxox
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Oh, I do like to see lovely nature pics x
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Thank you. Nature has healing powers for the soul. I imagine what conversations the birds have with one another as I observe them. Be well. oxox
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it does indeed have great powers. My feet are so itchy to get back out in it all .x
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I believe everyone feels that way. At least we can get out and walk in nature. Be well and thank you once again for your comment. oxox
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We have travel restrictions here. Substantial ones for months now. BUT I got plans for when they lift So wonderful to see your pics. xxxxxxxxx
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Good for you! Travel is a great educator. Our last trip was to sing in Prague in August 2019 with the Berkshire Choral International. Afterwards short trips to Helsinki and Vienna. What are you plans?
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Oh, we were in Prague two years ago .WOW!! We loved it and had booked to go back last June. That was obvi a no go. We go out on hills a lot here especially Glencoe and last year we went twice but it was beyond surreal in our fav hotel…great as ever out on the mountains and with the hilly community but not the rest. So we are not planning anything away away until things have settled. What we are planning is to do the local hills in Angus on a day trip basis. We’d started on them but we stopped when the travel restrictions came in cos it would just have been our luck to break down or get into bother or something beyond the 5 mile zone and then get hammered with a fine …. . I bet singing in these cities would have been amazing. Where did you perform in Prague?
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Shehanne, thank you for the insightful comment. We performed Dvorak at the Žofín Palace. 186 singers, an 80 piece orchestra and represented some 7 countries. We have memories to last a lifetime. Hiking in your hills sounds great. I am unfamiliar with your area. You live in Scotland? The world seems out of sorts now too. Be well. oxox
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That will have been the most fantastic experience for you. Indeed your memories will last a lifetime. Amazing. Yes I do live in Scotland in the ‘historic fishing village that is the jewel in Dundee’s crown,’ apparently….LOL. And the world has been most out of sorts.. We are very well cited for the Angus Glens so I have been planning some trips, with the sight set on getting back to our fav hill country later this year hopefully. xxxxxxxxxxx to you.
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A change of scenery and pace of life are just what is needed at times. I can relate. I believe I posted about our singing in Prague. Here’s the link: https://drniemczura.wordpress.com/2019/08/23/our-musical-adventure-in-prague/
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Fishing village? Cool. What kind of fish? Last comment I included a link to a blog post about Prague and where we sang. You can get an idea of us, the orchestra, the four soloists and our Austrian conductor with whom I spoke German. Once in a lifetime performance. oxox
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