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Post by imec on May 26, 2009 21:02:51 GMT
A wild turkey has been nesting in my neighbor's yard and just produced some offspring (not a very good pic I'm afraid). I've got a some brand new Canada Goslings in my yard but haven't been able to capture a good image yet.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2009 21:07:55 GMT
Will they be ready for Canadian Thanksgiving in October?
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Post by imec on May 26, 2009 21:10:43 GMT
Ha! Maybe I should have posted in "On the Menu".
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2009 21:30:59 GMT
Aren't they reputed to be quite clever birds?
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Post by bixaorellana on May 27, 2009 0:03:26 GMT
Aaaaawww. They're so cute at that age.
There are domestic turkeys on the property where I live and I've learned to vindictively think "mole", "fricasee", "roast" every time I look at the stupid LOUD things.
(sorry -- that really wasn't a very nice response!)
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Post by pookie on May 27, 2009 1:30:16 GMT
Chicks are so cute !
Very heavy fine here if you kill one of those birds here. They are protected ,only indigenous people are allowed to take them .
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Post by bixaorellana on May 27, 2009 3:25:27 GMT
Really, Pookie?! But aren't turkeys indigenous to the Americas? What's the story on their being a protected species in Australia?
Factoid: Benjamin Franklin fought long and hard for the wild turkey to be used as the symbol for the United States rather than the bald eagle.
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Post by imec on May 27, 2009 3:35:33 GMT
Factoid: Benjamin Franklin fought long and hard for the wild turkey to be used as the symbol for the United States rather than the bald eagle. And considering the Bald Eagle is largely a scavenger, Ben's idea wasn't so dumb.
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Post by pookie on May 27, 2009 7:06:51 GMT
Bixa....Ours are called Bustards (common name wild turkey).They look very simular to the one in the pic. I found a pic of ours but then lost it will look later,have to run errand now. They are endangered here thats why the fine is so heavy
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Post by hwinpp on May 27, 2009 9:09:57 GMT
I know a thing or two about Australian 'turkeys'... They aren't turkeys at all, they're called that colloquially: Even in 72/73 the fine for getting caught with (a dead) one was something like 100AUD!
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Post by pookie on May 27, 2009 9:41:48 GMT
The fine is $A5000 these days HW. Do you call them wild or bush turkey's ?. I have known them to be called that forever and everyone I know calls them that.
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Post by hwinpp on May 27, 2009 9:50:17 GMT
They were called bush turkeys I think.
Probably good the fine is that high. The bird was protected but whenever we went into the bush we saw a couple of them so we didn't see it as a huge crime when we took them.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 27, 2009 16:46:52 GMT
Wow ~~ I see that I'll get a really big reward for turning your poaching *ss into the authorities!
Prepare to be extradited.
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Post by imec on May 27, 2009 23:51:05 GMT
The Gozzies came out to play today! Sorry for the poor image quality - just a pocket camera and I don't want to get too close and spook them.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 28, 2009 0:23:55 GMT
Awwww ~~~ now that is adorable.
That's one drawback of not living near water anymore -- not getting to see waterfowl.
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Post by hwinpp on May 28, 2009 3:02:29 GMT
Wow ~~ I see that I'll get a really big reward for turning your poaching *ss into the authorities! Prepare to be extradited. Ha, ha, ha, fat chance! I live in Cambodia...
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Post by pookie on May 28, 2009 3:15:33 GMT
Do they taste good HW or are they tough? I have tried goanna (you know those big suckers) cooked the traditional way ,found it a bit tough.
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Post by hwinpp on May 28, 2009 10:31:52 GMT
They were very good. But huge. Quite tender for a wild bird and not with those funny bony sinews that you get in turkeys.
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Post by welle on Jun 8, 2009 9:59:32 GMT
Love that turkey pic.
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Post by imec on Jun 8, 2009 17:04:25 GMT
We don't see them as often as we did just a few years ago. I'll have to dig around, but I have a picture somewhere of about 28 of them on our front lawn. They used to wander through the neighborhood in a gang.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2009 17:18:58 GMT
I can imagine that freaking out the local cats and dogs.
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Post by imec on Jun 8, 2009 17:57:53 GMT
Ha! The older lady next door was livid when she woke up one day to find them all over her back deck. She called the police! She figured someone should come and "round them up" ;D
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Post by Kimby on Jun 8, 2009 21:06:11 GMT
Each spring when the toms enter their breeding plumage, they get up on our deck and fight with their own image in the glass doors, getting turkey boogers all over the glass. For supposedly smart birds, they are pretty dumb.
A neighbor was enraged by the turkeys that roosted in her trees in such numbers that they actually broke branches out of 80 foot tall pine trees. Not to mention the noise, And the droppings.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2009 21:37:25 GMT
Each spring when the toms enter their breeding plumage, they get up on our deck and fight with their own image in the glass doors, getting turkey boogers all over the glass. For supposedly smart birds, they are pretty dumb. A neighbor was enraged by the turkeys that roosted in her trees in such numbers that they actually broke branches out of 80 foot tall pine trees. Not to mention the noise, And the droppings. not dumb,just being birds,I'm sure they were there long before y'all were. What's a turkey booger anyway?
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Post by Kimby on Jun 8, 2009 21:42:45 GMT
not dumb, just being birds well, one test for animal intelligence is whether they can recognize their own reflection in a mirror... not in this case. Turkeys were introduced to Montana, and this particular colony derives from chicks that were raised by a neighbor and have gone feral You're being ironic, right? In case you are not, it's the smeary stuff all over the glass after they bang their beaks against it. Ick!
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Post by Kimby on Jun 8, 2009 21:44:03 GMT
Our new neighbor is a flycatcher that is building a nest on top of our electric meter box. For the fourth time in five years. Could it be the same individual?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2009 21:49:38 GMT
Our new neighbor is a flycatcher that is building a nest on top of our electric meter box. For the fourth time in five years. Could it be the same individual? Now that would get my attention,having a flycatcher for a neighbor.! My new neighbor is a neurotic professor who doesn't like the sound of frogs at night. I'll trade you.
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Post by Kimby on Jun 8, 2009 22:14:17 GMT
Cordilleran flycatcher, my new neighbor
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Post by mockchoc on Jun 9, 2009 6:47:26 GMT
You shouldn't eat bush turkey, they have lots of worms. I know because I asked the lady I cook with and she's tried it. I kept thinking they'd make a nice soup
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Post by bixaorellana on May 24, 2010 20:37:17 GMT
Bumping this because it's almost eggzackly a year old. Did the wild turkey return to your neighbor's yard, Imec?
I love Kimby's little bird neighbor shown above. Was it your neighbor in Montana or in Florida, Kimby?
I am thrilled to report that I have far more vermillion flycatchers this year than last. It's been over a year since I moved in, & I guess they know my house is a reliable source of water and snacks.
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