The Turkey 'clean up crew'!

aww darn, I was going to say, get the stuffin' out... thanksgiving is just around the corner! and so is christmas, this guy looks big enough for both dinners.
this is a fabulous shot Pam!

Wendiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii !!!!

You dont eat FRIENDS.... not even with Fava beans and Chianti !!!

lol, you could put it with liver! (silence of the lambs, a fave for me!) and you know I couldn't shoot it or clean it... I am just a woosie that way!

Exceptional work, Pam!
Such amazing light, colors and gorgeous wing detail on this beautiful wild turkey you captured here!! Thanks for keeping them safe from those wild hunters too...

Thankyou Sasi !

The colours amaze me too !

A lovely shot my dear Pam,eddie,xxx

Thankyou Eddie !

Hugssss

An Excellent photo Pam.

Thankyou John !

Gorgeous light and wonderful bird details.

Thankyou Jaap !

Outstanding capture! Just in time for Thanksgiving, though I hope no one eats him!

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Thankyou William !

It wont be one of these I eat !

Magnifique rendu,de toute beauté ..!
Bon Dimanche.

Merci Raoulda !

Fantastic shot.

Thankyou Don !

Great shot Pam. Detail is ace. Can't help but think of Christmas, though as there's only the two of us we usually have a duck to avoid waste.

Thankyou Phill !

I dont buy a whole Turkey... its just us 2 as well. I get a small Crown.. and a couple of thighs as we like the dark meat too. I have got Duck before as well. Like Duck !

Beautiful shot of a beautiful bird. Hadn't seen any turkey on my land for several years, thought the coyotes must have done them in. Then I put out a wildlife camera a month ago and the first animals it caught were turkeys. Would love to be able to entice them to get close enough to take a decent photo. What do you feed them?

Thankyou Ceropegia !

I call them the Clean Up Crew cos they eat the birdseed. I get through about 100 lbs of seed a month(plus squirrel food with corn and nuts .. and I add more black sunflower seed). What isnt eaten from the 13 or so feeders gets scattered.. and that is what the Crows and Turkeys and ground feeders come for..... and the raccoons feed anywhere !

I am permanently broke.. I dont buy fancy clothes and shoes etc... I cant afford to fly Home ! ... Just about all the little spare goes on the wild animals and birds. Its what keeps me nearly sane here !

you have gobbled your way to the front 'plate' I mean page....on Explore, congratulations my friend!

Thankyou Wendi !

It never ceases to amaze me how I get on there at all !

It is so nice to see these birds wandering about. A lovely shot.

Thankyou Esther !

Outstanding light and colors. A favorite.

Gracias Jose !

Congratulations! Wild Turkey makes for a good Thanksgiving.

Thankyou dick !!

LOL.. These will have a Good Thanksgiving.. and live to see past Christmas too ...hopefully !

Wonderful shot, Pam. What a beautiful bird.

Thankyou Ron !

Magnífica !!! ***

Gracias Raphael I

Superb!

Thankyou Helena !

Pam, check this turkey out... it's from our weather network site... I don't know who the photographer is..

and this time WITH the link...

www.theweathernetwork.com/photos/view/birds/turkeys-have-zippers-who-knew/20869440

OHHHH!!!!

I loveeeeeeeeeeee that tassel Wendi !!

Have a great Thanksgiving Day, Pam.

Thankyou Ron....

And to you and yours !

Wow! I sometimes see turkeys when I go back to visit Kentucky, but I rarely am able to get close to them. I followed a group of them for a while through the woods at Mammoth Cave National Park. They ignored me until I got about 30 yards away, and then they panicked, so I stayed back and watched them a while.

Thankyou Clint.

If you think about it.... its no wonder they are so paranoid ! Everything but everything seems to wants to eat of kill them in some way !!

Hope you have a great thanksgiving day, Pam. Read your comment about not being able to fly home. Makes me feel very badly for you. We haven't had thanksgiving day with family as long as I can remember.

Thankyou Ron....

I have lived all over the world.... and never been homesick till now. Maybe its as we get older... I dont know.

I just do my one ticket on the lottery each week.... and hope !

Blessings to you and yours for not just Thanksgiving.

And it's getting near Thanksgiving and Christmas too!
Lovely image, Pam. Glad to hear that you protect them.

Thankyou Dave...

I could never be a vegetarian... but I cant eat "friends" either !. I am a realist .... but I have a heart !! LOL

Have a good day tomorrow, Pam. Every blessing to you and yours.

Thankyou Ron !

Surely too to yours !

Un oiseau au superbe plumage ! dommage de les tuer à la chasse !

Merci Misou !

It is a fantastic photograph, Pam ! *******
It seems to be a statue .... for my garden ! (:o))

Thankyou Christiane !

I too would LOVE a metal art statue of them.. a flock of them !

Une si belle prise !

Merci Danielle !

Awesome shot....great capture...well done.

Thankyou Horizon !

Hope you had a lovely thanksgiving day, Pam. All the best.

Thankyou Ron.....

It was a quiet and good day.

Blessings for you and yours too !

I have never seen such a magnificent turkey. Thank you for sharing Pam.
I'm no veggie because I like bacon too much, but I would rather have beans on toast than something a majestic as this.

Thankyoiu Neil !

I am no veggie either... but I wont have anything on my land hurt. I buy stuff that has been responsibly raised and cared for and has had a decent life. I am not squeamish.. I have killed gutted and plucked much in my life ... !!! BUT... each has to have their "line in the sand" and I have mine.

Great shot of this Turkey. Yes I agree with you regarding "trophy kills" I really cant understand people who this killing animals for sport is morally acceptable.
Well done Pam Regards Tess

Thankyou Tess !

Gorgeous details !

Thankyou Anji !

What a gorgeous tom! Aren't we so very lucky that turkeys visit both of us!

We also have avid hunters and they sneak onto our property to kill turkeys that live here...it makes us completely INSANE when we find the dead carcasses with the trophy feathers cut off and the rest left to rot. *seethe* But I've only seen this happen once, thankfully.

Your picture is marvelous, Pam, love the colors so much!!