Our day, in pictures.

[urbpan]

First was the turkeys.



Alexis made it outside to photograph them first. By the time I arrived she was backing up, swinging her camera case at them to keep them at bay.


She beat a retreat (while checking out her pictures) and I moved in to use my zookeeper skills to defuse the dangerous animal situation.


Then we took Charlie to agility class, but the only photo I took was this one. It's growing from the pavement in front of the building where the class is, in Somerville.


After the class we came home and trimmed the hedges for a couple hours. We earned lunch at Flanns.




Smithwicks and Guinness black and tan!


On our evening dogwalk in the Riverway we saw the turkeys again, but I didn't get any good pictures of them. Nice one of the Hancock and the Pru, though!

Comments

[rudbekia.livejournal.com]

The turkeys in this area crack me up. But then, I've not met any of the Toms. Last month, one of the times I picked my son up from school, there was a parade of 14 hens walking down from the school yard to another wooded area up on Moss Hill.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

I moved in to use my zookeeper skills to defuse the dangerous animal situation

ie: let them bite you on the calves? :)

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[batwrangler.livejournal.com]

Proof that urban living drives you crazy: Wild turkeys in NH don't chase people.

(I *wish* I could get that close to them.)

[urimancy.livejournal.com]

I'm so jealous of that turkey encounter.

[mildmannered.livejournal.com]

I've seen those particular turkeys a couple times now. They've been slowly heading north and east from the Rt. 9/Reservoir area over the past few weeks...

[whatisbiscuits.livejournal.com]

I imagine it must be a risky life being a tasty turkey strutting around people's backyards, do a lot of them get eaten?

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

There's really nothing around that will eat them. A fox or a coyote might take a young inexperienced turkey, and a raccoon could take an injured one, but nothing else around here could do it. An off-leash dog might kill one, but we saw these guys take flight pretty fast when our dogs got excited, and I think most dogs are too dumb to pull it off.

[fromthecity.livejournal.com]

This may sound a very stupid question... But are they wild turkeys? Or have they escaped from somewhere?! I like them, either way.

[fromthecity.livejournal.com]

Just seen your earlier post. I think they're pretty cool.

[g-weir.livejournal.com]

Hey, is it a trick of the photo or does that tom have no spurs? I thought toms had spurs like roosters.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I think they must be pretty small on these toms. Looking at pictures online, they're much smaller in proportion to the bird than a rooster's spurs.

[(Anonymous)]

I love the turkeys! I too am envious of your encounter, and would love to hang out with some.

~Flaneuse in DC