When Jodie and I were out scouting around the countryside last week, we stopped to find a geocache in the parking lot of the Alvadore library. We heard an unusual-to-us sound, looked up, and saw a flock of at least 30 turkeys napping under some trees.
So why did the turkeys cross the road?
To see what the humans were doing on the other side?
To check out some library books?
Or maybe they were hungry.
We wanted some better pictures, so Jodie quickly googled, "Are wild turkeys mean?" We decided to keep from getting too close.
I whistled and, uh, guess I wanted to see what they'd do. A leader or two perked up, started looking around, then roused the group. Up they stood and waddled in the opposite direction, obviously not wanting a thing to do with us.
Jodie got closer than I did and even got photos of one flapping his wings and spreading out his tail feathers. It was a great experience to be so close to so many big birds.
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