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04-16-2011, 07:44 AM
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WG Fundraising Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kentucky
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Turkey time!
Spring is here and it's turkey courtin' time! This morning I saw a tom displaying to around a half a dozen hens in our field right outside our bedroom window when I got up. I had to put the lens right up against the screen and crank the zoom up to the max to get anything. I apologize for the crappy photo quality in advance. (I wish I already had that new camera I'm planning to get!)
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04-16-2011, 04:53 PM
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WG Prize & Gift Coordinator
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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You certainly have a nice view of them!
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04-17-2011, 09:54 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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 ...Of course, I understand your wanting a crisp, clear picture of such a cool experience. Thanks for sharing.
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04-18-2011, 06:28 PM
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WG Facilitator
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Cajun Country, Louisiana, USA
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Very nice! I was lucky enough to witness a few dozen turkeys roosting in trees, and watched them wake up. I had no idea they would "strut" way up there in the tree tops. All puffed up and displaying their fan, while standing on a tip of a branch. It was amazing.
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04-18-2011, 08:27 PM
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WG Prize & Gift Coordinator
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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Lucky you BiigBlue! I've never seen them do that.
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04-18-2011, 08:39 PM
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WG Fundraising Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kentucky
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When our dog Calliope was alive, she once flushed them up into the trees while we were on a walk, they are very good fliers for such large heavy birds!
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04-18-2011, 09:12 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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"If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~ |
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04-19-2011, 05:42 PM
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WG Facilitator
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Cajun Country, Louisiana, USA
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Thanks! It was something else to see! I didn't have the best line of vision, but I did get to see several fly down, from tree to the ground. They fly quite a distance before they land.
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04-19-2011, 05:46 PM
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WG Fundraising Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kentucky
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I just saw one this afternoon flying high into a tulip tree. It really amazes me!
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04-25-2011, 09:45 AM
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WG Prize & Gift Coordinator
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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 I noticed a few turkeys this week in the fields very similar to this. What I'm wondering....And I've never noticed it until this year is. Certain fields seem to cast a BLUE reflection in them. Is that caused by ice crystals reflecting the skies color? Someone told me it was caused by a type of fertilizer application, but as you can see, it doesn't follow throughout the field. I think he's the one full of fertilizer.  Of course I did not tell him that.
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