Weee, the wild turkeys were back

[kitten645]

Awww...they are so ugly they are cute! We have wild tukeys here too. There's lots of wild area around my office and there's one momma there that started off with five babies and is down to one But he's been hanging on a while and I think he'll make it. I went to my car the other evening and there was a large tail feather right by my door. I was hoping she was okay and saw her the next day...musta been her "calling card"
Great pics! I'm glad traffic stopped. I stopped on a rural street to let some turkeys cross as did the person coming the opposite way. The turkeys kinda took their sweet time to cross and some idiot four cars back was honking...someone in the car behind me got out and told him to pipe down..we weren't about to run them over or let him do so!
Thanks for the nature walk. Wish I knew more about them to tell males from females
Claudia

[Taz_Zoee]

When I worked in Pleasanton we had wild turkey's hanging around all the time. When I worked the front desk I'd always call the animals lovers to come watch them with me.

About a month ago Bruce's brother went out for his morning bicycle ride and didn't make it home that day. He was going down hill at about 30mph when a flock of wild turkeys crossed in front of him and he swerved to miss them (he could only swerve one way since there was a cliff on one side). He ended up hitting (and killing) one of them. But he also suffered a major concusion (temporary memory loss), facial/skull fractures and a broken vertabrae in his neck. He had to spend one night in the hospital. I haven't seen him since the accident, but I guess he might have to get some plastic surgery done.

[slick]

OMG Karen. Growing up and living in the big city the only turkeys I see are sadly in the grocery store.

What a beautiful sight!!! Makes me all the more glad that I don't eat meat anymore. Thanks for sharing.

[Randi]

Wow, what a sight, they are so big!! Glad you got the traffic stopped, so they could cross.

OMG Karen. Growing up and living in the big city the only turkeys I see are sadly in the grocery store.

What we used to see in Copenhagen in the "old days", was ducks crossing the street - the little amount of traffic then, stopped for them of course.

[Felicia's Mom]

I agree that those are great pictures. I haven't seen wild turkeys before.

[Cinder & Smoke]

Bruce's brother went out for his morning bicycle ride ...
He was going down hill at about 30mph when a flock of wild turkeys crossed in front of him
and he swerved to miss them (he could only swerve one way since there was a cliff on one side).
He ended up hitting (and killing ) one of them.

But he also suffered a major concusion (temporary memory loss),
facial/skull fractures, and a broken vertabrae in his neck.

OMG!

MEMO:
Do NOT try *hunting* turkeys on your bike!

Sure hope BIL makes a full recovery.
And ... he'd prolly rather have HAM for Thanksgiving this year.

[Karen]

When I worked in Pleasanton we had wild turkey's hanging around all the time. When I worked the front desk I'd always call the animals lovers to come watch them with me.

About a month ago Bruce's brother went out for his morning bicycle ride and didn't make it home that day. He was going down hill at about 30mph when a flock of wild turkeys crossed in front of him and he swerved to miss them (he could only swerve one way since there was a cliff on one side). He ended up hitting (and killing) one of them. But he also suffered a major concusion (temporary memory loss), facial/skull fractures and a broken vertabrae in his neck. He had to spend one night in the hospital. I haven't seen him since the accident, but I guess he might have to get some plastic surgery done.

That's so sad! I hope he now wears a helmet whenever he's on his bike, as all it takes is one little incident like that to do major damage. I hope he's okay, tell him we'll say a prayer for him!

[Taz_Zoee]

That's so sad! I hope he now wears a helmet whenever he's on his bike, as all it takes is one little incident like that to do major damage. I hope he's okay, tell him we'll say a prayer for him!

Forgot to mention he was wearing his helmet. And it just about cracked in half. It saved his life, really. He sorta landed on his face, because the fracture he received was around his eye socket.
He will be okay. They went out to the accident site a couple days later. So he'll be fine once the wounds heal up. Thank you for the prayers.

LOL, Phred, we actually joked about why he didn't bring the turkey home so they could eat it. But I think wild turkey wouldn't taste too good. Since he will be okay, I'm sure it will be a big joke around Thanksgiving. You got this turkey at the grocery store, right?? LOL

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

WOW !!! I've never seen wild turkeys before!! They look so different from "normal" turkeys, and they have such an amazing colours!!
thanks for sharing Karen!!