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Animals, Bird, Bird feeder, collective nouns, daily prompt, finding food, gang, nature, opportunistically omnivorous, posse, postaday, postaweek2013, through the window, Wild Turkey, wild turkeys
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I hear the wild turkeys gobble as they jostle and scratch around the bird feeders in search of tasty bits. The tom, with his rangy snood and beard, cackles at his harem. The hens take notice ~ purr, yelp, kee-kee ~ fluffing their feathers while they forage in my backyard buffet.
Have a listen ~ http://www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/turkey/sound/turkeysound_index.html
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My guests are tough birds, as their collective nouns imply ~ a ‘gang’ or a ‘posse’ of turkeys.
Wild turkeys are opportunistically omnivorous ~ they’ll eat just about anything. I can vouch for that. But finding food in winter is a real challenge for a critter with a brain the size of a ping-pong ball.
Today I watched this bull moose of a bird feast on black oil sunflower seeds. Panache with wings.
So, I’m finding it difficult not sounding cliché so I won’t …probably wont sound sophisticated either …U R 2 Cool!! Love the writing but your shots are absolutely amazing!! Got2BaPro
Who can put a price on the fun you derive from your gangly-looking guests? Thanks for sharing your pictures and comments with the rest of us, We love to grin, too.
I’d have no problem sharing my yard with such a fine looking group. Since there are none around, however, I can only get my turkey fix through the kindness of others. Thanks for your kindness.
I pass them on a country road frequently but they always manage to elude my camera! Love the shots!
I wouldn’t be too quick to make fun of the turkey’s brain size. I mean, Toni! Ben Franklin thought he’s make a better National Bird than the Eagle. At least the turkey forages for its own food, unlike our Bald Eagle who is just as happy to snatch food caught by, for instance, the Osprey. (The Osprey actually gets my vote for alternative National Bird. Keen fisher. Tricky talons. More on him at another time.) Go Turkeys!!
Patty