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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I first saw the turkeys, two of them, a young male and a female on Sunday. I was busy doing something, when I noticed a shadow on the patio. It was two turkeys, a male and a female. The male has the beginnings of a wattle, and both turkeys are showing attractive colored tail feathers.
Neighbors reported seeing the turkeys throughout the campus on Monday. Today the turkeys returned to Mom’s patio, finding spilled bird seed acceptable food, and enjoying the patio furniture.
Turkeys were once native all over New England. These turkeys are descendants of turkeys dekibwrately restored after mostly vanishing. I hope that these two survive and continue to visit this Winter, not only for their own sake, but because squirrels avoid them.
Male wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo silvestris
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Not sure how much snow we got but I’d guess at least five inches. It was a wet, heavy snow, and knocked the power out for a couple of days.
I took this picture at 6:55 AM on Thursday April 4th, while it was still snowing, and before the really heavy winds kicked in.
Heavy snow the morning of April 4, 2024
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