I love wild turkeys. They’re so smart. People often think the aren’t but the really are intelligent birds.

In the tiny MT prairie town we used to live in (population around 200), there were 4 'town deer' and about 60 turkeys. The deer generally stayed together and one even sported a big red dog collar one of the caring kids put on her to alert visiting hunters not to shoot a citizen of town.

Now, those turkeys.... yeah, those guys. LOL They divided themselves into 3 very territorial gangs. Walking anywhere in town often put one in a situation of crossing paths with the big birds. If one gang was going on an east west dirt road and another was crossing its path on a north south alley.... trouble

Dogs would bark from the safety of their fenced yards, but NEVER when they were being walked outside their yards. The dogs were pretty terrified of those turkey gangs.

But not that many!

We did not have turkeys roaming about when I was growing up. There are now deer wandering thru town as well!

I'm guessing it just took them this long to figure out how to survive in suburbia.

They’re protected and monitored by a wildlife vet. I love them, and would be extremely vindictive toward anyone threatening them.

Very few Republicans live in this town.

A true gathering of wild turkeys 🦃 what a marvelous sight.

A whole flock she feeds all the time.

more of a collective groan.

We have to watch where we step due to a LOT of ... ahem ... droppings.

but they grow in number as the weather warms

last year i counted 25 or 30 hanging out in the side yard.

goose poop can be a problem when it's everywhere

mainly in and around a few city parks. One flock even has a few peacocks joining them.

I thought that a pic of agents was going to be driving by.

Happy Valentine's Day All.

I saw some in a residential area a few months ago.