Today, as we were exiting our little street, there were the wild turkeys that the neighborhood kids and I saw earlier this summer - one big one and five smaller - but almost grown up now - turkeys. With all the dogs and cats in the neighborhood, I am glad to see they have grown up well.

Here is a little slide show of them - what do you think? I though the biggest one was momma, and then five "kids" but Paul things there may be momma and papa there.

It is funny to see how two of the kids have their feathers all ruffled and messy in the shadows, but neatly settle them back down before stepping into the sunlight and crossing the street.

The street, by the way, is Commonwealth Ave., famous as part of the Boston marathon route. We were very glad the car heading the other way stopped, as we blocked traffic in our direction, they did so for the other lane, and all the turkeys were able to cross safely!

I took more pictures than you'll see - but in the shadows they are VERY well camouflaged. I was glad my camera caught the subtle iridescent colors of the bigger bird in the sun.