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Thanksgiving is coming

Posted on Nov 24, 2014

Thanksgiving is coming…what do you think this face says to you? Thanks for the look, Turkey.

Turkey Thursday – perching bird

Posted on Nov 20, 2014

Here’s a Turkey Thursday shot, now one week from Thanksgiving, of a posing perched Wild Turkey. We all know how much they love to forage in the trees, mid-level to canopy! That is one big songbird…

‘Tis now the season for the Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo). I have been regularly spotting a couple of groups lately, one with around 18 individuals and another with around 8. Here is one bird passing through on a showery and cloudy afternoon. It is hard to believe how rapidly the species has expanded in many areas in the last couple of decades. Is their population increase partially responsible for a decrease in some woodlands herpetofauna? I posted a great deal about Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) this summer, and would you believe this very turkey is a potential...