We tried off and on all day yesterday to get a decent photograph of this turkey hen. She kept sneaking in and out of the bushes playing peek a boo. We never did get anything decent.
This pic is taken from the living room window from this morning and that is the lawn.
And that pile of feathers and stuff is what is left of her. I don't believe the grey fox did this. I am thinking coyote. I am also afraid she had a nest out there somewhere......
Life is tough and then you die, turkey hen, chicks or tom, the coyote should have pups about now. It is one great circle of doing the best one can, always.
ReplyDeleteearl is correct but it is so heartbreaking to be a witness to the end of a beautiful animal's life. any way to find the nest?
ReplyDeleteearl is correct but it is so heartbreaking to be a witness to the end of a beautiful animal's life. any way to find the nest?
ReplyDeleteI feel so sorry for ground birds. They really are the lowest end of the food chain and that is not good. Not good at all.
ReplyDeleteLinda
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ReplyDelete"Kinda raw" indeed! But that coyote (or fox) probably has a litter to feed, too.
ReplyDeleteYou're probably right about a nest out there somewhere. That's the only reason a hen would be on the ground during the night. Normally she would have been up in a tree roosting.
Earl, you have the right of it for sure.
ReplyDeleteKK, the kids searched and searched...no luck. Too bad because if the eggs had still been good our domestic turkey, Lucy, is broody and we have no tom so her eggs are quite pointless.
Linda, I suppose she was kind of a dumb one or we probably wouldn't have seen her so much...oh well, we truly have at least a hundred turkeys on the place.
Jinglebob, you are right. I don't really mind the turkey being eaten...it is just the eating on the lawn that bothers me. No wonder we can't keep any cats...
Joated, I am sure that is the case. We tried for the nest but couldn't find it. As I told Kritter Keeper our tame hen turkey is brood and would have hatched them if they were still warm enough. I don't really mind the turkey being eaten. They actually do a huge lot of damage and a little population control isn't totally a bad thing. It is just the predators coming right up to the house...rough on pet cats and old dogs...
Oh that is sad, but life is tough. That is really too bad.
ReplyDeleteMargaret, welcome to Northview and thanks so much for commenting....it is sad, but you are right...a part of life.
ReplyDeleteugh. but, I understand.
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