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Turkeys
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:18 pm
by woodchip
Well, I've been living here for 25 years and this morning was a first. A couple hundred yards back on my 10 acres is a line of tamarack (American Larch) trees and I noticed some large shapes sitting in them. Then one flew down to the ground and immediately i saw it was a wild turkey. got the bi-nocs out and saw what must have been 15 - 20 turkeys roosting in the trees.
I've seen 'em crossing the road down from me a couple of times, once a mother a a bunch of little ones.
Having seen them roosting was a real treat. Maybe they'll start coming up to the bird feeder soon (make note to self...get cracked corn).
Re: Turkeys
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:36 pm
by Dedman
woodchip wrote:Well, I've been living here for 25 years and this morning was a first. A couple hundred yards back on my 10 acres is a line of tamarack (American Larch) trees and I noticed some large shapes sitting in them. Then one flew down to the ground and immediately i saw it was a wild turkey. got the bi-nocs out and saw what must have been 15 - 20 turkeys roosting in the trees.
I've seen 'em crossing the road down from me a couple of times, once a mother a a bunch of little ones.
Having seen them roosting was a real treat. Maybe they'll start coming up to the bird feeder soon (make note to self...get cracked corn).
Mmmmmmmmmmmm. I can taste Thanksgiving already.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:55 pm
by dissent
Ben Franklin was right; should have been America's national bird.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:49 pm
by Iceman
Need a sniper?
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:52 pm
by Lothar
This looks like a Cafe topic to me... unless there's a hidden PETA angle you were hinting at.
Off with ye!
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:09 am
by Verran
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:20 am
by Zuruck
perfect picture in this topic would be the cripple with the machine gun firing...
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 7:55 am
by Lobber
Jimmy Crack Corn and I don't care
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 8:26 am
by woodchip
Iceman wrote:Need a sniper?
Heh...no. I have enough equipment for that. Might be interesting to see if I could do a pre-dawn raid with my cross bow.....
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:30 pm
by Tyranny
dissent wrote:Ben Franklin was right; should have been America's national bird.
Yeah, like other countries don't already have a field day taking pot shots at us
Besides, we have a whole bunch of them running the country
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:51 pm
by WarAdvocat
The turkey is much more Noble than the carrion-eating eagle.
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 1:29 pm
by Mobius
Merry Christmas Turkeys!
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 3:51 pm
by MD-2389
woodchip wrote:Iceman wrote:Need a sniper?
Heh...no. I have enough equipment for that. Might be interesting to see if I could do a pre-dawn raid with my cross bow.....
Or you could go after them Monty Python style! (Mosquito hunting skit ref)
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:46 pm
by Tyranny
WarAdvocat wrote:The turkey is much more Noble than the carrion-eating eagle.
Maybe for the "fat America" we are today, but some of us still have a great sense of the pride and strength of this country. Something a Turkey doesn't represent as well as an Eagle
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 12:21 am
by roid
eagles have large mouths.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:54 am
by Ned
You better slap the crap out of 'em. Turkeys only respect the alpha male.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:38 am
by woodchip
Ned wrote:You better slap the crap out of 'em. Turkeys only respect the alpha male.
Just like some of the turkeys on this board, eh Ned.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:07 pm
by MD-2389
Ned: Nah, in this case woodchip would have to use a SPAS-12.
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:37 am
by Defender
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:45 am
by woodchip
Alright Defender! Nice find.
