Young Turkeys

This year's young turkeys are now coming to the bird feeder. We've seen as many as 20, counting the mama turkeys that come along. In these pictures, there were 7 or 8. The mamas certainly keep a keen eye out for any danger while the little ones eat! They are fun to watch!

Turkeys Again

Three, sometimes four, male turkeys have been coming to the bird feeder this summer. Last fall we had 17 turkeys, many of them young, coming to the feeder.

Turkeys

Yesterday the large, older male turkey was at the feeder and a group of eight more MALE turkeys were coming up the pasture to the feeder. The older male chased them off, his wings flared and his head as blue as can be. He chased them down to the lower pasture. The turkeys in the group were all juveniles, it looked. Their beards were just tiny, sticking straight out, not hanging down long like the older one's is!! But the bodies of the young ones were pretty big.

We have a solitary female turkey that comes down from the hill. She is probably nesting up there. This morning when the group of male juveniles came to the bird feeder, she was making her call from the ridge and they were answering.