A few Saturday stops
Saturday, October 22, 2011 by lifeonthecutoff
Saturday, October 22, 2011 by lifeonthecutoff
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I can feel a feast approaching! Hope it’s a good one for you – but first I guess you have Halloween coming up. Here it’s getting warm and summer is peeking around the corner.
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It will be, Juliet. Thanksgiving is one of my most favorite of holidays, but, you are right, first it is Halloween for all the little trick-or-treaters. As much as I love Autumn, I am enjoying seeing spring emerge for you in New Zealand.
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Ah, my bet is that these two are on the lam; fugitives from a backyard fattening pen! The reality is probably just that suburbia continues to encroach more and more on the “wild” places, but what a fun encounter!
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You may be right, Karen. When I enlarged the pictures, I could see one was banded. There is a little farm nearby for special needs children to interact with farm animals. I suspect these two turkeys are, indeed “on the lam” from there and probably surprised the suburban neighborhood as much as they surprised me. It was a fun encounter, and totally unexpected.
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Pretty bold or pretty stupid (I don’t think they’re the brightest creature on the block!). I remember memorizing that poem for a Thanksgiving program at school!
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I’m impressed, Sallie.This is a pretty long poem. As for the turkeys, you are right. They aren’t the brightest. Ah, but, I love Thanksgiving dinner.
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I love your photos of turkeys.I see them all of the time, but I can never get a picture. I am surprised to see them in the suburbs. They are very bold. They probably know that it is deer season. Turkeys come in season in the spring. Perhaps they are just showing off.
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I’ve seen them further out, but, never in this area, which is very suburban. I think they were showing off and enjoying some freedom. They sure do gobble.
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Seriously? Turkeys in the suburbs? I didn’t know we had turkeys anywhere around here. If I saw those huge birds in the street I wouldn’t even know what they were!
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Seriously! In Burr Ridge. Upwardly mobile turkeys, Janet. They were gobbling and I could see the wattle hanging on the first one. At first, I thought they were strange geese.
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Thank you for your visit(s) and your lovely comment! It’s nice to meet you and your blog.
Audrey
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It is nice to meet you as well, Audrey. You have a very lovely blog and it is appreciated. Penny
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My favorite days include running into unexpected fowl or wildlife! I have yet to encounter turkeys, however. I really enjoy it when you share pictures! Visual geographical connections, I call them! Very cool! Debra
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Thank you, Debra. It’s amazing what one can capture when they have their camera in the car. Love your “visual geographical connections”. This turkey encounter was in a very upscale residential area and very unexpected.
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