October 8, 2026
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐲’𝐬 𝐎𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩!
𝑂𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝐼 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛…
A female Wild Turkey has been hanging around backyards in northern Allendale for quite a while now, eight poults in tow. Occasionally mistaken for a unicorn, but not often.
Sally Wiegand reports that "four of the young ones were trying to get in the birdbath at once this a.m. — Ken had to refill it twice!" (see photo below.)
Thanks, Sally!
(P.S. Stephanie Seymour reports 10 poults and their parents in her yard in Englewood this a.m. Link is here.
What a handsome(?) portrait! Feathers? Who needs feathers! Reminds me of when the Invisible Man married the Invisible Woman. Their kids were nothing to look at either.
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Tom Burr
What a handsome(?) portrait! Feathers? Who needs feathers! Reminds me of when the Invisible Man married the Invisible Woman. Their kids were nothing to look at either.