Our
yearly Spring visit of turkeys has arrived.
Every year the turkeys seem to like to hang around the yard. In a few
weeks we will see the hens come back with their chicks. Right now the Tom is trying to impress the
hens with his fantail display.
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| " I'm displaying an impressive fantail here ladies...umm, any takers" |
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| "Looks like he's at it again Gertrude. Just ignore him Bertha, he's got to get over himself" |
The
dogs are running from room to room barking their heads off at the turkeys. When I let them out this morning they didn’t
run after them at all but simply stopped and looked at them. Once the dogs did decide to move, the turkeys
went on the other side of the flags that mark the underground dog fence. The dogs won’t cross it or they know they
will get zapped. I actually think the
turkeys are smart enough to know this as they stayed just outside the wire
seemingly taunting the dogs. When one
flew away the both dogs ran to the front step.
They are both a couple of chickens.
Inside though, they are very tough.
I’m finding all this very amusing.
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| " Mmmm, they look tasty" |
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| " I think they're dissing me" |
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| "What da ya think Ginger, should we keep barking? I think we're scaring the hell out of them... |
Until
next time
Interesting that there are creatures that will stop a dog in its tracks. My dogs chase everything, even if they don't know what it is and have never seen it before. One thing I think is fascinating is that the dogs can't see, hear or smell snakes. They've had snakes right beside them and they didn't react at all. I did, though. I quickly dragged the dogs back inside.
ReplyDeleteLove it!! Your captions are hilarious, really made me laugh :) As for the dogs, they are so funny!
ReplyDeleteI love watching our turkeys -- they are always good for a laugh.
ReplyDeleteYour dogs are so cute, they sure have become buddies! Nice sized turkeys. They are fun to watch until they come after you! No I haven't had that happen to me, but I've seen it. There is a small flock living in our city arboretum. Visitors are always getting too close, until they get chased!
ReplyDeleteThis post made me giggle.
ReplyDeleteToo funny. I love wild turkeys...and silly dogs :-).
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness - best photos ever! I love the last one especially. :) We have never seen a wild turkey in our neighborhood until this week - he or she marched across the lane as we were driving out. We see them along the roadside usually in fall but they are getting very close now. Those males are quite majestic when they spread their tails and show off for the ladies!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah guys, they are definitely terrified of you....
ReplyDeleteHahaah love the captions :D
ReplyDeleteLol. What does a man-turkey have to do to get a little girl-turkey attention around there?!? They are huge. I'm sure you're right about them taunting the dogs, too!
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