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You come home from the gym and a very large Turkey is waiting for you on the front porch...

Just in time for Thanksgiving too Will you be serving gravy with him?

TucsonGradJock saidJust in time for Thanksgiving too Will you be serving gravy with him?

ROFLMFAO!

Have knife and fork, will travel

it looks so much better than that lawn jockey!!! I have then too but one never walked up to the front door just asking to be eaten!!

TucsonGradJock saidJust in time for Thanksgiving too Will you be serving gravy with him?

It would be a tasty free range bird. Add this to the quail and geese we also have wandering around and it's quite the feast!

He's a pretty turkey... he'd be really pretty stuffed with sweet potatoes on the side.... YUM!

I think he's beautiful living wild and free and should stay that way.

JayDT saidI think he's beautiful living wild and free and should stay that way.

He must be a smart bird, my property straddles the city/county boundary. If he wanders 50 feet to the south I'm afraid it's open season for the hunters. Last I saw he was heading north, which will put him on a golf course and a wooded area, must be where he lives.

The turkey populations have been exploding in the gorge in recent years. I'm not sure whether it's because weekend-people are feeding them or the coyotes getting lazy, or what. They're becoming a real hazard on the roads when they cross in large numbers. They're not particularly afraid of people, but the dogs do chase them away.

Part of the year, they gather in flocks and part of the year they run off by themselves. Typically, a few hens with chicks spend the hot part of the summer in or near my yard, probably because of available water. A few weeks ago, I looked out my office window to see a huge flock walking down the game trail in front of my house, in single file. I lost count at around 80.

They are more attractive and less intrusive than the geese that over-winter in the Pasco basin. They descend on your yard and... eat it. And leave... digested yard deposits behind. When I lived there, I was always tempted to just leave a trail of seed corn from the back yard to the oven and see if they would walk right in.

BTW - I hardly ever see quail any more. I wonder if they're being displaced by the turkeys.

Mindgarden - funny you should mention the quail, we have noticed fewer and fewer of them over the last couple of years. We are in the Willamette Valley, just at the southern border of Salem.

I don't know what's all the fuss. I've had deer on my front porch, moose on my lawn, and bears in my back yard. I suppose a shock for city boys, but ya know, these creatures do exist, and they do invade our sacred human space from time to time.

At my office building they will occasionally block the entrance in groups of three to five. They have to shooed away rather forcefully since they can be vicious and will attack. (No, they won't kill you but they can break your arm with their wings or draw blood by pecking.)

All the men I contact ignore me.

Yeah, quail, deer, bears, turkeys, box and snapping turtles, rattlesnakes, king snakes and black racers, porcupines, foxes (had a silver fox in the yard one evening a few weeks ago - beautiful), and a lot of coyotes. We have several bobcats living in the area, and we have seen two mountain lions on the property over the five years since we've owned the home. I wouldn't want it any other way.

Here's a pic of a few of our neighbors, stopping by to say hello

Blackguy4you saidAll the men I contact ignore me.

No doubt with good reason.

Red_Vespa said

Blackguy4you saidAll the men I contact ignore me.

No doubt with good reason.

LOL - hahahahaha -

eh... have you been taking lessons from JP?

Blackguy4you said

Red_Vespa said

Blackguy4you saidAll the men I contact ignore me.

No doubt with good reason.

LOL - hahahahaha -

eh... have you been taking lessons from JP?

You're right, I was just being an old bitch like him, couldn't resist. OK, you called me on that. So how do I redeem myself?

Red_Vespa said

Blackguy4you said

Red_Vespa said

Blackguy4you saidAll the men I contact ignore me.

No doubt with good reason.

LOL - hahahahaha -

eh... have you been taking lessons from JP?

You're right, I was just being an old bitch like him, couldn't resist. OK, you called me on that. So how do I redeem myself?

LOL - ah that's ok... We good. It was funny. Humour will always triumph.

This bird is so gay,
just look at those thin ankles[perfect for heels] and those limp feathers, i dont know about you but this is one big mary......

One time I threw my briefcase in the garbage and carried a small bag of garbage to work with me. That was an odd day.