When we have errands that take us to our area Home Depot/Target/Costco we sometimes go the back road. This is the country road that passes the pond where we watched the sandhill crane family last summer. Ever since the cranes flew south and all of the farm fields were plowed we've been able to watch turkeys as we drive down the same road.
There is one specific field, black dirt with last year's crop remnants plowed under, where we literally spot fifty at a time. Sometimes they are at the back of the field, next to the tree line….sometimes they are right up close to the road. When that's the case, and we slow for a moment, they look up and quickly start moving away. We disturb their "browsing".
Dave and I can't remember what was planted in the field last year, it doesn't look like a corn field, so we will watch to see what grows this spring. But whatever the crop, there is something "left-over" that the turkeys love. Maybe grain, maybe bugs in the dirt, maybe seed. Whatever it is they come back over and over again for more.
So traveling to our mini-mall gives us a glimpse into turkey family behavior. Maybe within the next few weeks we'll figure out what it is that they've been browsing on all winter.
No comments:
Post a Comment