Wild Turkey / Not The Drink

Spending the week-end with Ron and Cheryl in Merlin Oregon. Just north of Grants Pass. I asked Dennis Vroman for advice on where to look during this rain storm. Not sure I wanted to get soaked. He asked me what birds I was interested in. I told him one on my list was Wild Turkey. I had never seen one in the wild. He suggested a few places. As I was coming down the freeway and hit the Hugo exit there was a small group of turkeys. I thought how funny that was.

Today Cheryl and went I out for the day. We saw a lot of turkeys. They seem to be everywhere. Cheryl got excited when we almost hit a Turkey Vulture that was having lunch in the middle of the road on some fresh roadkill.  We turned around to get a place to park.

I got out of the car to get a picture and there were about 10 of them right above my head waiting for their turn to dine. A little bit strange. We sat in the car for a while and one of them came into the road and we both got pictures. It was pretty cool.

            Turkey Vulture

 

Wild Turkey

We did see one thing I thought was interesting.  Last year when I was here we saw two Ospry nests on the top of the Robertson Bridge. Today the same nests are there but there seems to be a Canada Goose that has taken up residence there. Not sure if it's using the nest or what. My friend Cheryl says the goose has been up there for a while. I sent an email to Dennis to see if he knew anything about it. Haven't heard back yet.

All in all it was a good day. We had to stop several times because it would start to rain. When I come back in May it should be better weather.