Art Mulder
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This morning I spotted this gobbler about 1km from my house, pacing back and forth along the fence beside the train tracks. I was on my way downtown on my bike running an errand. I came back about an hour later and was surprised to see it still there, so I grabbed a camera from the house and came back.
Can't say much for their intelligence... there was a hole through the fence about 50 meters in either direction. But this bird wasn't finding it.
I biked back home and by coincidence my wife + kids just drove into the driveway, so I hopped in the van with them and gave the kids a treat, as they'd never seen a live wild turkey before. (Come to think of it, neither had I, not that close!! ) Good timing, as 30 seconds after we drove up the silly bird finally found the hole in the fence and disappeared into the brush along the tracks.
Still, wild turkeys are not something I expect to find 5-7km from the city edge (nearest open farmland.)
Can't say much for their intelligence... there was a hole through the fence about 50 meters in either direction. But this bird wasn't finding it.
I biked back home and by coincidence my wife + kids just drove into the driveway, so I hopped in the van with them and gave the kids a treat, as they'd never seen a live wild turkey before. (Come to think of it, neither had I, not that close!! ) Good timing, as 30 seconds after we drove up the silly bird finally found the hole in the fence and disappeared into the brush along the tracks.
Still, wild turkeys are not something I expect to find 5-7km from the city edge (nearest open farmland.)