HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERONE!!!
F/7.1, 1/200, ISO 400.
Wild Turkey Female
What did the turkey say to the computer?
Google, Google, Google
Interesting Fact: The female scratches a shallow depression in the soil, about 1 inch deep, 8–11 inches wide, and 9–13 inches long. Wild Turkeys use only the dead leaves or other plant materials already present at the nest site. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wild_Turkey/lifehistory )
F/6.3, 1/50, ISO 500.
Wild Turkey Male
What happened then the Turkey got into a fight?
He got the stuffing knocked out of him.
Interesting Fact: They display for females by strutting with their tails fanned, wings lowered, while making nonvocal hums and chump sounds. Males breed with multiple mates and form all-male flocks outside of the breeding season, leaving the chick-rearing to the females, The chicks travel in a family group with their mother, often combining with other family groups to form large flocks of young turkeys accompanied by two or more adult females. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wild_Turkey/lifehistory )
F/6.3, 1/160, ISO 320.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
Wild Turkeys
Why do pilgrims’ pants always fall down?
Because they wear their belt buckles on their hats!
Interesting Fact: The Wild Turkey and the Muscovy Duck are the only two domesticated birds native to the New World. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wild_Turkey/lifehistory )
Bonus Thanksgiving Facts: Setting aside time to give thanks for one’s blessings, along with holding feasts to celebrate a harvest, are both practices that long predate the European settlement of North America. The first documented thanksgiving services in territory currently belonging to the United States were conducted by Spaniards[9][10] and the French[11] in the 16th century. Wisdom practices such as expressing gratitude, sharing, and giving away, are integral to many indigenous cultures and communities. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)#History )
F/6.0, 1/160, ISO 320.
Wild Turkey
What did the turkey say to the computer?
Google, google, google.
Interesting Fact: Wild Turkeys live year-round in open forests with interspersed clearings in 49 states (excluding Alaska), parts of Mexico, and parts of southern Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, Canada. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wild_Turkey/lifehistory )
F/7.1, 1/160, ISO 320.
Wild Turkey
How do you make an egg laugh?
Tell it a yolk.
Interesting Fact: Despite their weight, wild turkeys, unlike their domesticated counterparts, are agile, fast fliers. In ideal habitat of open woodland or wooded grasslands,[20] they may fly beneath the canopy top and find perches. They usually fly close to the ground for no more than 400 m (a quarter mile). ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_turkey )
F/6.3, 1/100, ISO 250.
Wild Turkey
What did the lawyer name his daughter?
Sue.
Interesting Fact: The English name of the bird may be a holdover from early shipping routes that passed through the country of Turkey on their way to delivering the birds to European markets. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wild_Turkey/lifehistory )
F/7.1, 1/200, ISO 500.
Wild Turkeys
Why did the toilet paper roll down the hill?
Because it wanted to get to the bottom.
Interesting Fact: Wild Turkeys nest on the ground in dead leaves at the bases of trees, under brush piles or thick shrubbery, or occasionally in open hayfields. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wild_Turkey/lifehistory )
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Wild Turkeys Chicks
What did the mama turkey say to her naughty son?
If your papa could see you now, he’d turn over in his gravy!
Interesting Fact: Male Wild Turkeys provide no parental care. Newly hatched chicks follow the female, who feeds them for a few days until they learn to find food on their own. As the chicks grow, they band into groups composed of several hens and their broods. Winter groups sometimes exceed 200 turkeys. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wild_Turkey/lifehistory )
F/6.3, 1/160, IOS 320.
Wild Turkey
Why do turkeys eat so little?
Because they are always stuffed!
Interesting Fact:They usually roost in flocks, but sometimes individually. Courting males gobble to attract females and warn competing males. They display for females by strutting with their tails fanned, wings lowered, while making nonvocal hums and chump sounds. Males breed with multiple mates and form all-male flocks outside of the breeding season, leaving the chick-rearing to the females, The chicks travel in a family group with their mother, often combining with other family groups to form large flocks of young turkeys accompanied by two or more adult females. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wild_Turkey/lifehistory )
F/5.6 , 1/500, ISO 200.
Snowy Egret
Knock! Knock!
Who’s there?
Dozen.
Dozen who?
Dozen anyone want to let me in?
Interesting Fact: Male and female Snowy Egrets take turns incubating their eggs. As one mate takes over for the other, it sometimes presents a stick, almost as if passing a baton. Both parents continue caring for the young when they hatch. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Snowy_Egret/lifehistory )
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