tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post7405672604396805165..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Today's picture/TurkeysNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-41307697900002862012007-10-23T21:47:00.000-04:002007-10-23T21:47:00.000-04:00I enjoyed seeing your turkeys. I am an avid birde...I enjoyed seeing your turkeys. I am an avid birder and one of my favorite birding stories is about when my Dearly Beloved and I were birding in a forest and came upon a hen and chicks. They chicks were so small they looked like fuzzy softballs on stilts. <BR/><BR/>Well, the hen started squalling like a banshee and did the injured wing routine to distract us from her brood. It worked for a moment before I realized that she was protecting something. We stopped in our tracks and watched her perform.<BR/><BR/>She was so brave. She ran up to us screaming and throwing herself on the ground. Then moved away hoping we would follow away from her chicks. <BR/><BR/>Now mind you I have seen killdeer do this many times but this HUGE bird doing it along a skinny trail in the woods so close gave me pause. An event I will never forget.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-15141523295931389302007-10-19T19:40:00.000-04:002007-10-19T19:40:00.000-04:00I'm sure I've told you this before, but we used to...I'm sure I've told you this before, but we used to have two wild turkeys show up all the time when we lived in our other house here in Lincoln. Amy named them Desi and Lucy. They loved to eat the mulberries in our backyard. <BR/><BR/>Funny you should post this. Two weeks ago, we were in Omaha and saw a herd (?), flock (?), gaggle (?), ah, it's a rafter (thank you, Google!) of turkeys. I have pictures!!Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-32161743762798985012007-10-19T12:13:00.000-04:002007-10-19T12:13:00.000-04:00Oh, you're so fortunate! We have too many houses n...Oh, you're so fortunate! We have too many houses nearby to see wild turkeys . . . but a couple of years ago, before we fenced the back lot and got the goats, a pair of hens came up through the yard and I was lucky enough to see them. I couldn't believe how graceful they were—and BIG! They went on through the yard, chattering to each other, and I haven't seen any since, but I've never forgotten how seeing them just off the back step took my breath away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com