Fri
Nov 14 2008
12:08 pm
Friday Bird Blogging
By: rikki

A flock rafter of turkeys came through my yard a few weeks ago, and I managed to photograph them from the back porch without scaring them off. They gathered under a dogwood, eating berries that had fallen to the ground.
More pics after the break.




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R. Neal's picture

That's a lot of wild

Submitted by R. Neal on Fri, 2008/11/14 - 12:54pm.

That's a lot of wild turkeys!

So, are you having everyone over for Thanksgiving?

sugarfatpie's picture

A friend of mine once told

Submitted by sugarfatpie on Fri, 2008/11/14 - 12:56pm.

A friend of mine once told me that turkeys are so dumb that a way to catch them is to put some seed in a paper cone with something sticky on the bottom (honey). When the turkey goes to eat it, the cone gets stuck on their beak, covering their eyes, and the bird will stay there until you come to get it.
What do you make of this? True or BS?

-Sugarfatpie (AKA Alex Pulsipher)

"X-Rays are a hoax."-Lord Kelvin

rikki's picture

It sounds to me like your

Submitted by rikki on Fri, 2008/11/14 - 2:11pm.

It sounds to me like your friend has a lot of first-hand experience with dumb and might even be an expert.

MDB's picture

That sounds like an urban legend

Submitted by MDB on Fri, 2008/11/14 - 2:23pm.

That sets off my urban legend detector.

As I understand, wild turkeys are rather smart (well, smart as birds go.) Its domesticated turkeys that are stupid.

"I'm not a member of any organized political party. I'm a Democrat." -- Will Rogers

Factchecker's picture

What do you make of this?

Submitted by Factchecker on Fri, 2008/11/14 - 1:45pm.

What do you make of this? Sounds a little cruel.

Terry Troll's picture

Unfortunate...

Submitted by Terry Troll on Fri, 2008/11/14 - 2:13pm.

See, you all have all the luck. In south Louisiana we can't have neat things like this. Anything moves a coonass will come along and eat it.

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