local turkeys

[redbird]

Walking home from the supermarket, I saw a group of three turkeys--two adults and one poult--and then, half a block away, a single male turkey.

I reported them to the Massachusetts wild turkey survey.

We were seeing a larger flock regularly a couple of months ago, before some of them paired off, nested, and settled down to the business of making more turkeys.

I kept not thinking of the wild turkey survey in early June, when I was seeing more turkeys. They are asking people to report sightings from June 1 through August 31, and the serious Turkey Awareness Month* was may.

*At least some of the early-morning gobbling was aimed at each other, rather than at humans, of course.

Comments

[sonia]

I saw a turkey stretching up to peek into the back of a parked pickup truck with the tailgate down as I biked by in the Oakland hills. Wonder what tasty bit it was after!

[sine_nomine]

I wonder if you live near a friend of mine. She posted a picture of multiple turkeys the other day.

[redbird]

I'm in Brighton, between green line B and green line C.

[sine_nomine]

Good to know! I will check with my friend.

[anne]

There's a wild turkey survey? Had I but known! There was a turkey in my back yard a couple of months ago...

[redbird]

The wild turkey survey is here, through the end of August: https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/f578e48a7aec4b348915c1714c170792

I don't know whether it's new this year.

[anne]

Thanks!