Okay, put away your shot glasses, these guests are not your favorite Kentucky Straight Bourbon.
The images were shot just after sunrise, August 30, 2018, at about 6:15 AM. We've seen small flocks of Wild Turkey passing through in past years, but this rather large flock is interesting to watch and unusually large in these parts. The flock has been visiting us morning and night over the past seven-to-ten-days. Once the entire brood slowly walked out our driveway to cross the road on their travels that day. There are about five full-grown hens watching over perhaps twenty-five+ chicks. Most chicks appear to be about half-grown now, but a few are noticeably smaller. The pint-sized chicks seem to hang very near to a hen, even at times seemingly near under the hen's wing and walking between her legs. By 7:10 AM this morning the flock had moved on... they rarely stay for more than an hour, likely done somewhat for protection and also the quest for better breakfast foraging grounds. The flock has returned on a couple evenings just before sunset, and we have observed them taking flight at sunset to roost for the night in some of our many large trees. Amazing how strongly the large hens can fly, sometimes high and long flights.
Note: The images were shot through a slightly fogged-up one-way window in our walk-out basement door. Heavy overnight rains unfortunately caused some window condensation.
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