[Magdalen] Goble Goble.

[cantor03 at aol.com]

There seems to be a bumper crop of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris)in NE Pennsylvania USA this year.  Flocks of them travel together through thisneighborhood  clucking very loudly feeding here and there at the edge of woodedareas.  There are a few males (larger with an impressive display fan of tail feathers)and large numbers of smaller females mostly in shades of brown.  Flocks can betwenty or more.
The species was suggested by no less than Benjamin Franklin as the USA Bird,but the Bald Eagle won out.
They are apparently the wild version of the common commercial product and theyrange through much of the lower 48.


David Strang.