crazyfingers
Supermagnon
More wildlife today Oh no!
Actually yesterday evening just before it got too dark to take photos I was looking in the trees and saw a great lump. A wild turkey was up there. As I approached it took a run across the tree limb and flung itself out and flew off into the woods. I couldn't get a photo of it flying but here's the running start. I will say that these guys are so large that their flapping wings do make a lot of noise. It also managed to whack through some smaller branches as it headed out.
This morning it was on the ground again nearly directly under when it was in the tree. It's overlooking my hill down to the woods.
Here is that male red-bellied woodpecker on the same dead tree there the female was peeking out in my post yesterday. I believe that they have a nest hole closeby because they are frequently in this area of my back yard.
At lunch I went down to the frog pond. No frogs still but the painted turtles were out.
The killdeer was looking for food in the same place. I expect I'll see them all summer as it's the kind of nesting area that Killdeer enjoy.
I had gone down hoping to see the snapper. Found him though it's not a great photo. I'm expecting better photos as the season goes on.
Last summer I posted these of this turtle or it's mate playing taxi driver for the brave or stupid painted turtles.
Link to last year.
http://www.secularcafe.org/showpost.php?p=469651&postcount=1215
Actually yesterday evening just before it got too dark to take photos I was looking in the trees and saw a great lump. A wild turkey was up there. As I approached it took a run across the tree limb and flung itself out and flew off into the woods. I couldn't get a photo of it flying but here's the running start. I will say that these guys are so large that their flapping wings do make a lot of noise. It also managed to whack through some smaller branches as it headed out.
This morning it was on the ground again nearly directly under when it was in the tree. It's overlooking my hill down to the woods.
Here is that male red-bellied woodpecker on the same dead tree there the female was peeking out in my post yesterday. I believe that they have a nest hole closeby because they are frequently in this area of my back yard.
At lunch I went down to the frog pond. No frogs still but the painted turtles were out.
The killdeer was looking for food in the same place. I expect I'll see them all summer as it's the kind of nesting area that Killdeer enjoy.
I had gone down hoping to see the snapper. Found him though it's not a great photo. I'm expecting better photos as the season goes on.
Last summer I posted these of this turtle or it's mate playing taxi driver for the brave or stupid painted turtles.
Link to last year.
http://www.secularcafe.org/showpost.php?p=469651&postcount=1215