This may look like an innocent turkey to you, but she's the terror of the pasture. This particular hen turkey has 4 little poults that she's raising, and she's staked out a patch of pasture that's HERS alone! No one is allowed!
So the sheep are doing what sheep do, aimlessly wandering around, when they accidentally cross into TURKEYLAND. And the resident of TURKEYLAND takes this sort of trespass very seriously. Here you can see her a little to the left of the left most sheep. She's puffing up and getting ready to...
CHASE THE SHEEP! BEGONE SHEEP! Leave TURKEYLAND NOW, evil sheep!
She chases them a good 45 feet, and then, mission accomplished, returns to her little brood.
If you click on this picture for a larger version, you'll see the head of this hen turkey peering out of the grass like a periscope. It's like our own little turkey submarine, ready to spring out and defend TURKEYLAND! Go turkey!
Hilarious! If you could teach that turkey to herd your sheep (which it looks like she has an aptitude for), you'd surprise some border collies at the next sheepdog trials :)
ReplyDeleteHilarious is the word for it. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteClassic! Thanks for the post Bruce!
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