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[Kachina624]

Wild turkey photo taken this morning at Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. 

[nana59]

glad he escaped thursday's holiday!

[Enufstuff]

@Kachina624 

         Your turkey picture is lovely. For the past 5 or 6 years,

we have had turkeys visit our yard. There has been so much

development in the wooded areas surrounding our property, it

has destroyed the habitat of so many animals.(McMansions)

          In the 40 years that we have lived here, we never had

coyotes, foxes, deer or turkeys until recently. One of my cats disappeared about 10 years ago and we spotted coyote tracks

in the yard. Since then all cats have been indoor only. It is sad

because we have wrap around porches and many trees that my cats enjoyed climbing. One cat thought that she was a squirrel

and would leap from branch to branch after she saw the squirrels do it. At night she hung out with racoons. One night I called her to come in and a racoon followed her up the stairs and it wanted to come in.

         Now, along with the squirrels and birds, we feed the turkeys too. Sometimes in summer, we get mothers with baby

turkeys. They have about 12 babies and as weeks go by, her

family diminishes in size. Some babies have probably been

coyote dinner.

          Every day, my Maine Coon, Katie enjoys her bird and

squirrel show, from the window only. 

[hckynutjohn]

@Kachina624 

A great and colorful picture. We have always had lots of wild turkeys roaming our property. My wife has several on her phone, and I think she has put some on her FB page.

Often see a couple of the momma turkeys together with usually over a dozen of there babies tagging along. Seems like they get bigger by the day. Always see the big Male birds all fanned out at that time of the year.

hckynut 

[nomar]

Isn't he a beauty!!! And he knows it.

[phoenixbrd]

An amazing photo....that wild turkey is just gorgeous, so happy the strutting Tom is on a refuge!

[Porcelain]

Oh my he's so pretty! Handsome Tom!

[Jk9]

Always enjoy seeing the wild turkeys around here.  Love to see the Tom's display.  Thanks for posting @Kachina624 

[dancingwoman]

@Kachina624   Wow gorgeous!!....DW

[on the bay]

He's so beautiful!

That's why I can't eat them anymore. Ever since I volunteered in a wildlife bird sanctuary they had a pet turkey by the door named Tom of course and he was such a nice big guy.