An interesting morning event

[sraun]

I went to let the dogs out this morning, and was surprised by the animal about 8' away from my back door (but in the next door neighbor's yard).

I surprised a wild turkey hen. I couldn't believe it - I called for Irene (who, wonder of wonders, just happened to be up and going out the door with me this morning!), who identified it as a hen instead of a tom.

I live in an urban mostly-single-family-housing environment. I a long way from anything I think of as "wild". Minnehaha Creek at about 3 miles south is the closest that I can think of. I see squirrels pretty frequently, and the occasional rabbit. But a full-grown wild turkey?

I'm going to be doing that for the next day or two - "a full-grown wild turkey?!?!"

Comments

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

Wow! That's how I felt when I saw a white-tail deer in Powderhorn Park last spring.

[akatsukami.livejournal.com]

I live in roughly the same kind of environment and, as you will see from my LJ, we had two of them strolling through the yard somewhat more than a week ago.

It's amazing how the wildlife, when it is not being actively persecuted, slips back in, unnoticed until the azaleas are browsed down to the roots one day.

[laurel]

I saw one once in the woods behind my apartment (back when I lived in Minnetonka, just blocks from Ridgedale). 'Course that apartment building had wooded parkland with bike trails behind it; so we saw deer frequently there. Even so, a wild turkey stood out!

I sees plenty of turkeys everyday,

[unwritten-words.livejournal.com]

but not the kind with feathers. LOL! Of course, living in Las vegas means I get to see all kinds of "exotic" wildlife.

[gingerwood.livejournal.com]

I saw a phesant in the grass on the side of I94 day before yesterday. What was even stranger was about two years ago, my family was out for a walk about two in the afternoon, a deer came out of someone's backyard and took off down the street. This was a good two miles from the minnesota river valley.