Wild Turkey Photos

These photos have been taken out of our breakfast nook window overlooking our patio and back yard. This is also the window in which we have placed the web cam. To see a larger image, click on the thumbnail pictures below.

The turkeys can see the cat on the ledge of the window but they are not afraid as most of them weigh 15 or more pounds, whereas the cat only weighs 8 pounds. We don't know what would happen if we let the cat out. This is an experiment we will need to try next year.

The turkeys are enjoying a corn meal on a cold frozen winter morning. Note the frost on the trees in the background. Turkeys have a hard time finding food when there is ice cover on the snow, and they really appreciate us. I love to watch hordes of them run to our back yard on the really bad days.

This is a view in early Spring. Turkeys slowly stop coming as Spring progresses. Then there is a sudden drop off when migrations start to find nesting places, sometimes miles from their winter habitat.

When we first saw the turkeys up in the trees we were wondering if they want to become Christmas decorations in our back yard. The one on the peak of the tree was swinging back and forth in the wind. This is a strange behavior which we only saw once or twice. We have no idea why they sat in our evergreens. Turkeys normally roost in tall trees at night.

After the turkeys have had a good meal, they sit on the fence with the early morning sun shining on the dark feathers on their back. The feathers are designed to absorb heat from the sun but not let it out. Something like insulated glass windows?

It is easier to see the large numbers of turkeys from the second floor vantage point. Note the corn and other bird seeds that they are cleaning up under the bird feeders. I really like to have them come because there is no wastage with the bird feeders as there is in the summer without turkeys.