This neighborhood’s going to the…turkeys

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There’s been a HUGE turkey walking around the yard a few houses down for the past couple of days. HUGE. He doesn’t even have himself all puffed out and he’s still a monster turkey.

So I figured there are only three explanations.

1 – My neighbors have gotten a pet turkey.

2 – My neighbors like free range food and are letting their Christmas dinner walk around their backyard for a week.

or

3 – A wild turkey has decided to take up residence in my neighbors’ backyard. Maybe he heard it’s a quiet area, low crime, and a nice place to raise a family.

We already knew there were wild turkeys near our neighborhood. We live out in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by cotton/bean/wheat fields and trees. We’d already seen wild turkeys in the fields around the corner a few times. But we’d never seen one walking around so close to our house. And he seems to be sticking around because he was still out there this morning.

I guess you know it’s the holidays when you start seeing turkeys everywhere.

5 comments

  1. jamarattigan says:

    We live in the woods, and sometimes see wild turkeys, usually in late September and October. They are scarce during November, though; they know about Thanksgiving! They are pretty brave, and have walked right up our driveway and sidewalk.

  4. Anonymous says:

    And people wonder where writers get their ideas from! You can’t possibly make something like that up. 🙂

    Hope you have a Merry Christmas!
    ~Leigh~

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