The Salt Marsh in Early Autumn

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Turkey Time

Our local turkeys apparently had two litters this year - a number of people around here have remarked on the second set of babies that appeared in late summer. While it's fun to see them around the village and along roads, a friend of mine who's a volunteer fire fighter down in Edgecomb says if you hit one of the 25 pound adults while driving, you can really get hurt.

Not to mention the bird. Here are some pictures from Jan, the hen hustling her babies off the path, plus a bonus hummer: