Big Bird

[cjsmith]

I just saw a wild turkey stroll across my parents' back yard.

Those things are big.

Comments

[klwalton.livejournal.com]

Turkeys!!! (http://flickr.com/photos/klwalton/sets/500777/)

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

With all the rain out there lately, I'm surprised it wasn't trying to swim across the yard. :-)

[vito-excalibur.livejournal.com]

Aren't they great?

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

Oh wow...that is impressive.

We occasionally get a roadrunner around our house, but it's just the one, and he (or she) isn't very photogenic. Actually, I've seen more roadrunners in the area this past couple of years than in the previous two decades, so that's a good thing!

BEEP! BEEP!

[aleeceh.livejournal.com]

They're very common in the Sacramento area. I've seen a flock of them strolling around pecking in the lawn of a business park, and we very nearly hit one on one of our first driving tours with the local Porsche Club. We use the FRS (e.g. Motorola Talkabout) radios to communicate on tours, but they can be hard to hear over road noise & the stereo, and they can be hard to understand. We thought we heard the word "turkey" amid some otherwise unintelligible banter among other cars in the group. No sooner had we thought, "Why are these people calling each other names?!" than we passed an actual turkey on the side of the road. A bit late, we realized the radio call had not been a case of verbal abuse, but rather a road hazard warning, as they would have called out for bicycles on the shoulder or oncoming trucks. Granted my car is low to the ground and I'm not tall, but I think the turkey and I were eye-to-eye.

[airporter.livejournal.com]

Cool. All we get are Racoons and Skunks.

[shadopanther.livejournal.com]

I've seen wild turkeys in the San Jose foothills. My mother who lives near the foothills once had a ring necked phesant wander lost into her front yard. (We believe it was wild.) She's also had an opossum try to take up residence in her row-boat (which is stored in the yard). (We discouraged the opossum. by blocking the entry into the boat by placing a board over the opening in the boat cover.)

Here, I've just seen small birds, squirrels, and a racoon.

[mere-bystander.livejournal.com]

Hello! I saw your comment on Hitchhiker's post and your screen-name caught my attention. I'm a C. J. Smith, too! (in real life...)
I've never seen a wild turkey in the wild! Cool!