Thanks to the neighbors for taking care of the Red Door Coop hens while we traveled south.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Wild Turkey
No, we didn't head down to ranch and binge on Wild Turkey. I'm actually talking about wild turkeys. We saw them for about the seventh time on one of our trips out to ranch country in Colorado. They are something like our spirit animal or totem. If anyone out there knows anything about that, please let us know what this means. Or don't. Might be better not to know.
These pictures were taken as the wild turkeys made their way away from us and through the barbed wire fence as fast as they could. Hopefully at a future wild turkey sighting will get some good shots---I mean pictures. Did you know that our camera has automatic settings for taking photos of dogs and cats, while the avian world is ignored. Not fair.
Thanks to the neighbors for taking care of the Red Door Coop hens while we traveled south.
Thanks to the neighbors for taking care of the Red Door Coop hens while we traveled south.
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Aren't they awesome? You know I saw wild turkeys in Australia-but according to Wikipedia they are not kissin cousins... The Australian Brushturkey or Australian Brush-turkey, (Alectura lathami), also frequently called the Scrub Turkey or Bush Turkey, is a common, widespread species of mound-building bird from the family Megapodiidae found in eastern Australia from Far North Queensland to Illawarra in New South Wales. The Australian Brushturkey has also been introduced to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It is the largest extant representative of the family Megapodiidae and is one of three species to inhabit Australia. Despite its name and their superficial similarities, the bird is not closely related to American turkeys, or to the Australian Bustard, which is also known as the Bush Turkey.
Wow. They look so much alike. Surprising that their relation is so distant/non-existant.
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