The handsomest boy in the forest....for now, at least. Hunting season will be opening soon and big flocks of turkeys will move up to the fields and forest on the hill where my parents' "farm" is. There is no real hunting pressure on the hill and (I assume) the birds feel safer up there. I haven't seen any big toms yet, but there are plenty of jakes and hens.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Nice shot! The wild turkeys on our wooded hill farm were so used to me that once a hen turkey walking past where I was staking out some spring warblers, stepped on my foot!
birdingnut
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Apr 15, 2018
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Was raining the other day and saw two sitting in someone's front yard. Two seconds later - a bunch of ducks in someone's front yard. I think this might be the meaning of "Rural"? lol
Also baby turkey season is awesome! They're so darn cute.
RavenCT
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Apr 14, 2018
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@Insectra Baby turkeys... lol I had no idea what to call them and it's just not a day for Googling! Yes that must be so much fun! My niece and her wife raised ducklings - it was so adorable. Now they have ducks (also cute) and dogs. And there's no rough housing because the dogs knew them as ducklings. So much fun for people who put in the work.
@Insectra, what a sad ending to an astounding life 
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