Wild turkeys outside my window

**Jim Becker** · 08-18-2010, 9:19 AM

We get them on occasion, too, although not regularly like we used to...a big development nearby interrupted their local travel patterns. The flock is typically 20-25 birds, including 1-3 big males. Magnificent creatures.

I used to have a group of 5 young males that would enjoy sunflower seeds just outside my shop windows. Really kewel to watch from only about 5 feet away.

**Lance Norris** · 08-18-2010, 3:55 PM

Be careful when driving and you see them along side the road. Heres what one did to the windshield of my tractor... he landed in my lap. I didnt wreck, I think what saved me was I saw him(actually her) coming...

I dont like turkeys...

**Dan Hintz** · 08-18-2010, 4:14 PM

A bird hit me on the way to work today, too (though it wasn't a huge turkey!). All I saw was a flash of yellow as it swooped down and tried to turn at the last second... popped it at 70+, and I think it mostly hit my upper A-pillar. Your post reminded me of it, I should go check for damage.

**Jay Jolliffe** · 08-19-2010, 6:04 AM

Nothin funnier than seeing about 15 of them up in a spruce tree. They can fly a short distance. A neighbor of mine used to complain that they would be on his roof looking in the skylights. They would crap all over the glass. It didn't help that he'd feed them every day either.