I have, at least in my own mind, named the male and female turkeys who vist most frequently Sam and Harriet. Sam stopped by yesterday and waited by the slider as if waiting for an invitaion to enter.
I noticed both turkeys scratching and diggibg in the snow after acorns. When they find one, they swallow it whole, no cracking the shell required.
My phone received a National Weather Service alert at about 9:05 this morning about a snow squall.
A snow squall is an intense, but limited duration, period of moderate to heavy snowfall, accompanied by strong, gusty surface winds and possibly lightning. Snow accumulation may be significant.The phenomenon is not new, but the term and warnings associated with it only began in 2018.
At 9:10 I saw the first flakes drifting down, By 9:15 the air was thick with snow, and it was sticking to the patio furniture. By 9:25 the snow had stopped.
They've been visiting almost daily this week Today both Harriet and Sam, the female and male adult turkeys who first appeared September 29, 2024, stopped by twice.
Harriet did not linger long; she wandered off. But Sam settled in.
I've seen brief glimpses of them at the feeder in the past, and was pretty sure I saw one on Thanksgiving day. I know neighbors have been seeing Eastern Bluebirds quite a lot this winter.
This morning, I saw three males at an ersatz feeder I set up, hoping to attract Bluebirds. Here's a very bad photo I took through the slider door.
Not a lot of snow this winter, but we did get a few (c. 3”)inches of pretty snow on December 8th, and I managed to take this picture of a male Northern cardinal through my window with my iPhone.
Male Northern Cardinal
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