PORCH PONDERINGS

Three Turkeys

I saw a wonderful sight the other day. There were three wild turkeys in a yard in town. I saw them on my walk at noon.

A tom turkey and two hens were nibbling on green weeds in a yard. A passerby laughed and said "They are in town because they heard it is Thanksgiving," We had a good laugh about that.

But then I thought how unusual it is to see wild birds like that in our small town. And these were not small birds. The male had to be at least knee high and the females not much smaller. They were quite tame, and didn't seem to mind at all that I was standing not more than two feet away from them.

But then of course, we have deer in town, also. They wander about ll the time like tame dogs. So why should I be amazed that birds wander about also? Perhaps it's the fact that most of us are removed from the wild. The vast majority of us never see anything wild.

So anytime I see wild animals I am glad and hope they don't get shot or run over by cars. Thank goodness for the wild.








Norma Jean Trent
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