Urban Turkey

[urbpan]

Urban Nature Walk member Peter H. took this photograph of a wild turkey near his Cambridge home, in the spring of 2004. Hooray for North America's most massive bird--living in the city!

Comments

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

I have pheasants in my dog park, but I think that's even cooler. I love those tassels they have!

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

Oh, *that's* what that was! I saw the thumbnail and couldn't for the life of me figure out wtf it was. :)

[artemii.livejournal.com]

i LOVE wild turkeys. my mother sees them regularly on her commute (she goes through a state forest in the northeast).

[drocera.livejournal.com]

We have tons of those guys around here. (Of course, I'm rural, so there's nothing exraordinary about that)

An interestng fact, at least in this area - wild turkeys are drawn to fresh human graves. It's the turned soil that brings them. They pick through for the grubs and the roots and whatever other turkey goodies they can find.

It can be a bit shocking to see, a flock of 6 - 10 of them congregated on a fresh grave, scratching and digging, looking almost as if they're attempting to exhume the body.

I'll keep my camera handy to see if I can get a picture of this.

[drocera.livejournal.com]

They also like to come into my yard and socialize with my guinea fowl!

[richmackin.livejournal.com]

Did I tell you about the trio of turkeys who kept trying to get into the Zen monastery (that sounds like a joke, but I actually witnessed it.)