Wild turkeys vist my yard often as many of my regular readers know. Since early April this hen has been visiting very regularly. For a while it was every day. She may still I just may not always see her. For the past two years a lone hen has paid regular visits to the backyard. I was hoping that she had a nest in the nearby woods. There have been no signs of babies yet but I think there is still hope.
She seems to have a path that she normally makes and feeds a little while under the backyard oak tree before she begins heading once again for the woods.
If you are wondering what she eats take a look at this photo. She comes and eats whatever the birds leave scattered on the ground under the bird feeder. With one of those cow birds gobbling down you know there is a lot dropping to the ground. These photos are from an earlier visit. When she came by yesterday she found a little left over cracked corn I had thrown out for the squirrel that visits regularly.
Linking to
Wild Bird Wednesday.
how cool! i never get to see them here!
ReplyDeleteShe'a real beauty!!Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos and very interesting to have her visiting your yard so frequently.
ReplyDeleteLucky you! Turkeys aren't typical backyard visitors. Great photos, Carletta!
ReplyDeletefun :)
ReplyDeleteHi Carletta
ReplyDeleteGreat that you have these "wild turkeys" as visitors. They really look like barnyard turkeys to my eyes, nothing like our "bush turkeys" in Australia and I think for that you should be very grateful. Ours are pretty to see, but holy hell, they are garden wreckers of the best variety and very dirty "poopers" - ha ha!
Here for your viewers to compare.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Brush-turkey
I have no idea why an "r" has been added to BUSH! (BRUSH)
Cheers
Colin (Brisbane.Australia)
Weather report: No change, but rain is expected from tonight (Wednesday) until Friday.
Canberra and the political shenanigans is a "hot house" of air ha ha!
What a pretty hen! I love getting to see these in the wild...of course, I have to travel somewhere to see them wild!
ReplyDeleteGreat post, - perfect for WBW!
ReplyDeleteI always find wild turkeys interesting as we don't have them here. Nice description of the bird to go along with the photo
ReplyDeleteCarletta, your turkeys must love your bird seed. Cool visitors to your yard. Great post!
ReplyDeleteI hope you will be able to see some baby turkeys this year. I can understand why the hen keeps coming back, thanks to the feast you provide.
ReplyDeleteI hear turkeys in the woods surrounding my place but have never seen them in my yard. Lucky You! Great pictures to support your claim.:-D)
ReplyDeleteCarletta,
ReplyDeleteShe is beautiful and lucky you having her visiting you. Thanks for sharing!Have a great day.
Shantana
They are wonderful to see. I hope you get to see little ones!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to have a visitor like that! You got some awesome shots!
ReplyDeleteWonderful shots of the turkey hen.
ReplyDeleteHow exciting! I'd love watching that turkey hen! I hope she has a nest and will soon show you her babies!
ReplyDeletei see wild turkeys on some of the local farms. perhaps if they are on a farm, they are not considered wild. they always run off when i try to get a picture...
ReplyDeleteperhaps they are coming to your place to enjoy the fallen bird seed!!
You don't need a "bird blind" you have your whole house! Fantastic shots and observations on nature.
ReplyDeleteI bet the wild life thinks highly of you, birds squirrels, deer..s. :D
I hope she will have some chicks for you to follow. :)
ReplyDeleteGlad they are back for the season! When we fed birds at our house in Oregon, we actually had a patch of puny sunflowers growing under the feeder -- I could have used the turkey to clean up the fallen seeds!
ReplyDeleteCarletta, very nice photos. We have turkeys around here, too, but have yet to get such nice photos of them.
ReplyDeleteOurs seem to spook fairly easily. Understandably, I guess.
Wonderful wild turkey shots Carletta. You bave beautifully captured the sheen on their feathers.
ReplyDeleteWe have a hen turkey that visits us also. I'm sure they are nesting simply because it is that time of year and they are by themselves. Nice shots Carletta!
ReplyDeleteOh I hope there are babies!
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful that you get to see her in your yard!
ReplyDeleteI am just scrolling through to see what I have missed...won't comment on all probably.