I have only been seeing one turkey wandering around in my yard lately and so far I haven’t seen a hen with babies, so my one turkey better get eating my wood ticks as there has been too many ticks this season. Under the right conditions, an adult turkey can eat 200 or more ticks in a day, but my turkey must be lazy as the tick population doesn’t seem to be declining this season.
Turkey Hunting Food
As cold as it was this morning with single digit wind chills, my four tom turkeys might try breaking into my basement again to get out of the weather as this turkey doesn’t look like he cares for stepping on the cold snow.
Turkey Not Enjoying Winter
Earlier this week, I had been raking snow off my roof before the predicted rain and snow came again, as I wasn’t sure the roof could handle anymore weight. And after it had been raining for a while, I heard noises on one end of my house and I maybe a rafter did break. But then I started to hear other noises too. What I discovered was four tom turkeys trying to break into my basement door as apparently they wanted out of the freezing rain. They been hanging around the last few days but I’m still not letting them inside my house.
Attempted Break-in Turkey
Punxsutawney Phil and Sun Prairie’s Jimmy the Groundhog predicted six more weeks of winter, but if winter only lasted six more weeks, that would be an early spring for here. It was too cold for any of my furry rodents to poke their heads out of their winter dens, but they wouldn’t have seen their shadow at sunrise, but the dozen turkeys crossing the road at noon did see their shadows so it might be a really long winter.
Turkey Predicting Long Winter
The gunshots today were from deer hunters so this turkey didn’t have to worry about being the main course for the Thanksgiving meal.
Not on the Table
There has been a turkey wandering in my yard for days and he stays for several hours at a time, mainly under my bird feeders. Hopefully he hasn’t convince the grosbeaks to throw extra seeds down from the feeders so that the turkey is eating wood ticks and other bugs and not my bird seed.
Backyard Turkey
The critters were out moving around today with the temperature finally above freezing with some sunshine in the afternoon. I saw several different flocks of turkeys, even one flock crossing the road and heading into a cemetery while another flock was foraging in field.
Turkey On the Move
There was a flock of turkeys crossing the road and going down my driveway when I was trying to pull in so I had to wait for them. The group split up and some ending up wading through drifts into the trees while others stayed on the driveway longer before trudging a path through the snow.
Turkey in the Snow
A flock of turkeys were enjoying the sunshine as they crossed the road in front of me. The tom turkey was the first to dash to the other side and I had to wait before the hens decided to venture across too.
Turkey Out for a Stroll
Several turkeys were wandering through my yard today but I didn’t see any little babies with them yet so they might have been some teenagers out exploring.
Turkey in the Yard
