It's really Spring!

It's clearly Spring around here. On the way to work this morning I saw several groups of Turkeys. In each group there was at least one male presenting his tail for the females. This looks like the classic picture you see of a Turkey around Thanksgiving with his big tail unfurled like a peacock. But, you won't see that in November, it is courting behavior used in the Spring to find a mate.

Imagine if we humans had some sort of mating system like that. The males puff themselves up, furl out their tails and strut around waiting for a female to find them attractive ... that would be something ... oh, wait!

Three Turkeys at my Bird Feeder - April 2011

Comments

Loeeaine A Butler said…

Where did you see the Turkeysancre

April 19, 2011 at 12:48 PM

Edward H. Adamsky, Esq. said…

These turkeys are in my front yard under my birdfeeder. There are a large number of turkeys in my neighborhood. We see flocks of them often, especially in early morning.

April 29, 2011 at 9:53 AM

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