Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Thanksgiving Turkey



Today let us share a Thanksgiving tradition, Eastern Wild Turkey

The gobblers pictured here should not be gracing anyone’s Thanksgiving table as this photograph was taken Monday and wild turkey season is past. You may notice that the gobbler standing to the left is exhibiting aggressive body language.

Shortly after these gobblers came into sight the aggressive gobbler strutted as they do during the spring mating season fluffing up and fanning his tail. Then he began circling the other gobbler in an attempt to bring him to battle. This behavior continued as long as they were visible to me which was over 30 minutes. During the entire encounter the harassed gobbler constantly turned away to avoid conflict.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!
at

10 comments:

  1. AnonymousWed Nov 26, 06:50:00 PM EST

    mmmmmmmmm they look tasty

    ReplyDelete
  2. MeggieWed Nov 26, 09:29:00 PM EST

    Happy Thanksgiving to you and Mrs. Salty!

    ReplyDelete
  3. LeedraWed Nov 26, 11:22:00 PM EST

    Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

    ReplyDelete
  4. SAPhotographs (Joan)Wed Nov 26, 11:41:00 PM EST

    How interesting it is to be able to watch all these behaviour patterns in the wild. Interesting post Coy and happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

    ReplyDelete
  5. The RiverbumThu Nov 27, 12:00:00 AM EST

    Gobble Gobble

    Happy Turkey Day!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Kahshe CottagerThu Nov 27, 08:52:00 AM EST

    A wonderful photo! I have yet to capture the wild ones with their tails spread. Perhaps later when spring is approaching I might have better luck. Aren't the feathers pretty>

    Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

    ReplyDelete
  7. imacThu Nov 27, 10:36:00 AM EST

    Great Gobblers.
    Happy thanksgiving day - my friend.

    ReplyDelete
  8. photowannabeThu Nov 27, 08:11:00 PM EST

    Love the gobbler picture and I want to wish you and Mrs. Salty the most Happy Thanksgiving.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Ivar ØsttunFri Nov 28, 05:55:00 AM EST

    Not so good looking, but with a good taste :-)

    ReplyDelete
  10. This Is My Blog - fishing guyFri Nov 28, 08:23:00 PM EST

    Salty: A neat story to go along with a great photo.

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for taking the time to comment. I appreciate the visits and comments as long as the comments are respectful of others views and contain no profanity.

Thanks again
Coy