Thursday, August 4, 2011

Our Backyard Woodland

I am sometimes astounded by what suddenly appears in our backyard. We've had almost a herd of deer arrive, a family of skunks, ground hogs, quail, ducks, hawks, owls, and now the latest is a family of wild turkeys--at least I think that's what they are.

Just as we were sitting down to eat dinner, my hubby called me to the kitchen window and there at the bird feeder was a family of wild turkeys. I went out the front door and traveled to the back yard. I tried to get as close to them as I could without scaring them away. I did manage to snap a few photos, one of which is below.

Today, he called me again and sure enough the family of wild turkeys had come back to feed. As they were walking up from the woods, the crows and squirrels who were already feeding ran away. It was almost as though they were frightened of what the mother turkey would do if they didn't let her family feed.

If they come back, I hope I get a better photo of them.