In the Trees & On the Ground--All Around!

 Sunday, before the driveway was plowed I took the dog out for a walk.  We could hear the turkeys cackling to each other from somewhere--looked up & there they were!

 Tried to get some photos--not easy to stand in the snow looking straight up into the trees!

 They were "talking to one another & flying from branch to branch!  The snow was too deep for them to be on the ground!

 The close ups were all done with the zoom on my camera--the pine trees are pretty tall!

 Yesterday the snow had melted enough that they were on the ground looking for food.  I drove in & they were across the driveway--really didn't want to move so I could get in!

 But the minute I got too close they scurried into the woods!

This is our entertainment living out in the country!

Guess Who's Coming for Dinner?

Every night for the last week a small pack of turkeys has come into our yard about 5 pm

 There must be worms or other things they like in the ground because they walk along pecking away!

 A close up

 Then they stroll single file up into the woods...to return & repeat this another day!

Turkeys--out the bedroom window!

Last week I heard an awful racket outside the bedroom window & looked out to see a group of wild turkeys making their way across the yard in to trees.

they are loud and raucous and very territorial--I will keep watching them & will try & catch a photo of one of them flying. They roost in our tall pines--keeps them away from the predators.