A couple of days ago we saw what I think is called a rafter of wild turkeys in our neighbor’s back yard. It’s fenced in and it looked like they were all toms. They acted like they couldn’t figure out how to get over the fence, even though they can fly.
There’s something ludicrous about a bunch of tom turkeys who are twitchy and apparently unable to just fly over the fence. This is despite the fact that I couldn’t see how the heck they got inside the fence in the first place—other than by flying over it. The gates are usually closed. On the other hand, there is a retaining wall on the other side of the yard that they could have just dropped down from.
Turkey see, turkey do.
I couldn’t see any hens; so maybe that means hens are smart enough not to get into situations like that.
A male and a female cardinal seemed to perch in a tree above the turkeys and maybe were trying to encourage them. A couple of toms who managed to fly out seemed also to be gobbling advice.
They started to get a clue about flying out after a while. Eventually they all flew out, but not before my camera’s battery power drained too low to capture the last escapees.
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