Turkey at my window

[MountainMan]

As we get closer to Thanksgiving I thought some of you would find the following picture interesting.  My house is deep in the woods and I frequently have wildlife visitors.

Wild turkeys, in flocks from 1 to 30, at times will come right up to the windows an look into the house - can be a little spooky with their bulging eyes staring at you.  Here is a tom (No disrespect Tom W) looking at me at the workbench below the window in the basement.
Dave

[flyandscuba]

A .22 LR would produce a nice holiday dinner!

[Brenden]

Gobble-Gobble!!!

Very cool,I have had them ,on occasion , wanting to go into the pole barn!!

I do not see so many now though since our Lab is part of the household..

Thanksgiving is around the corner..

Brenden

[theirishguard]

Maybe if we all send Dave some .22lr ammo he will get us a Thanksgiving turkey!!
Or just send the lab to get us one.
Tom

[Rocnerd]

My sister had a turkey fly through the second story window of her house.  This happened during the day sometime while the kids were at school and my sister and brother-in-law were at work.  The window in question was at the top of the main staircase.  The stairs aren't used very much and are closed off from the rest of the house, luckily for her.  She had to throw a blanket over the bird and lug it outside.  No visible injury to the bird, the window definitely lost that battle.  The stair case was a mess though with feathers, turkey droppings and even an egg.    

[Michigunner]

We were driving down the road recently, and one took off right in front of us, missing the windshield by inches.

It was our first near-miss with a turkey.

Bill

[Michigunner]

Dave,

Thanks for that terrific turkey picture.

That could be pretty exciting at night if one looked through the window while  watching TV.  I mean real exciting!!  It might look like a bad person until a person could sort things out.

I brought my camera with me to our cottage, in case there is a photo op for a bear.

Bill

[MountainMan]

Bill - you never see wild turkeys at night - they bed down somewhere in the woods.  Sometimes I'll see deer and turkeys travel and bed down together - I think they are using each other as safety alarms.  Night is when the cayotes hunt also and they will pick off a few turkeys.  I always watch the dog when it goes out after dark since cayotes will attack dogs.  I have a natural cave on my property.  No idea what is living in there - have not been brave enough to go into it.  The old timers tell me it was always called bear cave.

Hope you see your bear.
Dave

[Michigunner]

Dave,

That is a most interesting story about deer and turkeys traveling and bedding together.  I  never knew about it.

Thank you!

I am at our cottage right now.  At the risk of repeating something, the guy two "doors" from me stepped out the other night to watch freighters on the lake, and stood 15 feet from a bear.  They watched each other for a while.

Bill

[MountainMan]

Bill,
Living in the woods for the past two years you notice nature differently.  A week ago had two large bucks were "bucking horns" right in front of the dinning room window. By time I got the cameraa they had stopped.  This is deer rutting season in PA.  What many don't realize that during rut male deer can be very dangerous.  That what the female sex does to us.

The worst things about living in the woods surrounded by very tall 100 year plus trees is:
 Getting hit on the head by large acorns.  When they fall from far up they can dent the car and about knock you out.  Then there is the dead branches that can kill you if you are under them when they decide to fall. And this time of year it is the falling LEAVES!
Dave

[Rocnerd]

Down here it is the falling coconuts that you have to watch out for.  The live oaks down here don't grow very big so no worries there.  I miss the northern woods, especially this time of year.  

[MountainMan]

Rocnerd
It is beautiful this time of year as the leaves change color and start to fall.  We even had some snow this morning - kind of early for it.  That is why I have a number of large windows looking into the woods.  It can be  hard taking care of the falling leaves though.  It is sad to have the leaves come down.
Dave

[Richard S]

Dave:

Another fantastic photograph!  Thanks for sharing it.  And it reminds me that I am expected to put one of those critters on the table next month.

[MountainMan]

Richard
When I was a very young man I use to go turkey hunting and never saw any.   Now I'm surrounded by wild turkeys but have have never tasted a wild one.  There won't be as much white meat.  Love turkey and of course left over turkey.

Dave

[theirishguard]

Dave, there is still quite alot of breast on a wild bird. Cut the breast off and cut thin strips of the breast and lightly bread and pan fry....... mmmmmm good.
Tom