[Magdalen] Gobble Gobble.

[Marion Thompson]

Yesterday on FB  I posted the pic’ of a female wild turkey that perched for awhile in a tree off the east side of my house..  North shore of Lake Ontario.  They are quite plentiful up here, but I didn’t expect to see one so close to my home in ‘downtown’ Port Hope.  Mind you, we are blessed with many ravines and such, so I keep my eyes peeled for the fox that came by a couple of times in the winter.  There was a rabbit’s hind leg in my garden a couple of weeks ago, so it’s all happening out there.

I’m also feeling quite capable today, having installed a hose rack on the side of the stairs to the upper deck.   Marked where the holes should go, drilled guide holes with my ancient hand drill, installed the two lugs and washers with my socket wrench.  Badda-bing- badda boom.  Except the hose is on the rack backwards.  Job for another day.  Ninety feet of excellent hose is heavy!.

Marion, a pilgrim

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From: Grace Cangialosi
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 2:48 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Goble Goble.

He was a panelist on “What’s My Line?” Wasn’t he?

> On Apr 10, 2019, at 11:54 AM, Donald Boyd <thedonboyd at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> Every time I see this subject line I think of Lonesome George Gobel.  That was a loooong time ago.  I hope the wild ones have more flavor than the frozen ones purveyed by the supermarkets and restaurants.  I would gladly tolerate some toughness and lack of buttery injection in exchange for free range flavor.  db
> 
>> On 4/8/2019 1:14 PM, cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
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>> 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.
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