(S)talkin’ Turkey!  #Wordless Wednesday  #The bird is the word.

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Linda Schaub

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About Linda Schaub

This is my first blog and I enjoy writing each post immensely. I started a walking regimen in 2011 and in 2013 I decided to create a blog as a means of memorializing the people, places and things seen on my daily walks. I have always enjoyed people watching, so my blog is peppered with folks I meet or reflections of characters I have known through the years. Often something piques my interest, or evokes a pleasant memory from my memory bank, so this becomes a “slice o’ life” blog post. I respect and appreciate nature and my interactions with Mother Nature’s gifts is also a common theme. Sometimes the most-ordinary items become fodder for points to ponder over and touch upon. I retired in March 2024 after a career in the legal field. I was a legal secretary for almost 45 years, primarily working in downtown Detroit, then working from my home. I graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in Mass Communications (print journalism) in 1978, though I’ve never worked in that field. I would like to think this blog is the writer in me finally emerging!! Walking and writing have met, shaken hands and the creative juices are flowing in Walkin’, Writin’, Wit & Whimsy. I hope you think so too. - Linda Schaub
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28 Responses to (S)talkin’ Turkey!  #Wordless Wednesday  #The bird is the word.

  1. Anne's avatar Anne says:
    November 24, 2021 at 5:54 am

    We only see farmed turkeys here.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      November 24, 2021 at 8:57 pm

      I had never even seen a farmed turkey Anne. I know there are a pair of wild turkeys that live in a wooded area and walk across a busy intersection, but I’ve never seen them. I was alone in the woods, and heard a loud screechy noise, looked toward the Rouge River and there it stood. I couldn’t believe how big it was!

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  2. Barbara Rodgers's avatar Barbara Rodgers says:
    November 24, 2021 at 7:40 am

    I can’t get over all the varied, beautiful colors in its feathers! Great pictures! Thank you for the fun e-card! Those turkeys are as colorful as your wild ones. 😊 Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving, Linda! 🦃

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      November 24, 2021 at 8:43 pm

      I was surprised all the beautiful colors too. I wish it had fanned out its tail – I don’t know if it was a Tom or Hen turkey, but I was excited to see a wild turkey, my first one. Glad you liked the card – I thought it was very cute and worked well for this post. I do have another post tomorrow – I got a lot of shots in the neighborhood of scarecrows and harvest decor. Same to you Barbara.

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  3. Ally Bean's avatar Ally Bean says:
    November 24, 2021 at 11:12 am

    Turkeys are pretty in their own mixed-up way. Those feathers! Happy Thanksgiving, Linda.

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  4. Laurie's avatar Laurie says:
    November 24, 2021 at 11:27 am

    Ahhh…now your earlier post makes perfect sense! Turkeys do have an unearthly-sounding call. Happy Thanksgiving!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      November 24, 2021 at 8:40 pm

      I didn’t want to give it away as to what I saw. Now I know some people see them all the time, and we have some that hang out at a busy intersection about five miles away, but I’ve never seen a wild turkey. I heard this screechy call and looked over at the wood pile and there it was. Same to you Laurie!

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  5. Kate Crimmins's avatar Kate Crimmins says:
    November 24, 2021 at 2:09 pm

    At my old house, I would get wild turkeys coming through to nosh under the bird feeders. An interesting bird!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      November 24, 2021 at 8:31 pm

      Yes! We have a pair who hang out at a busy intersection about five miles from my house and I’ve gone by there many times yet never seen them. I had no idea a wild turkey was this big! I heard the loud noise – looked over and there it was … bigger than life!

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  6. Joni's avatar Joni says:
    November 24, 2021 at 10:58 pm

    Ha! I should have guessed! I’m jealous – I’ve never ever seen one period, let alone that close.

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    • Joni's avatar Joni says:
      November 24, 2021 at 10:59 pm

      PS. A lot of variation in the feathers too and it looks like a big one.

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        November 25, 2021 at 8:08 pm

        When I see them in photos, it is usually not that close and they look all brown, so like you, I was surprised too Joni … their feathers are pretty and it was big. Did you see those big feet? I was greedy and wished that he would have fanned out his/her tail too!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      November 25, 2021 at 8:06 pm

      Ha ha – I know we have them living in a wooded area about five miles away near a busy intersection. People will post pictures of two, sometimes three or four of them holding up the traffic while they just stand there. One time they had a police car stopped while the officer tried to shoo them with his jacket – one turkey got mad. People were abuzz on social media as someone videotaped the encounter. I drive by there when I go to the bigger parks and have never seen them, so when I heard this noise, turned around and saw it, I was ecstatic.

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  7. Thattamma C.G Menon's avatar Thattamma C.G Menon says:
    November 25, 2021 at 2:49 am

    Such a stunning photography ,Turkey birds so special here photos seems 👌🌷🙏Happy Thursday 👏

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  8. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog's avatar Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
    November 25, 2021 at 12:42 pm

    Wow! That is so cool that you captured one with pics! They are so very elusive in our area… you cannot get near them. It’s probably because of all of the goofy hunters in our area. They say a reflecting mirror attracts them; i tried it, it didn’t work. 🦃

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      November 25, 2021 at 8:45 pm

      We have a few wild turkeys that live in a wooded area about five miles from me. Every so often they take a notion to cross the busy intersection. People stop and take photos or videos and post them on social media. I have never been lucky enough to see them. This was a surprise – I heard this screechy noise while walking in the woods and looked over and there it was on a woodpile. I was ecstatic! Interesting about the mirror. It had such big feet and ran a little, then flew across the narrow River.

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  9. singlikewildflowers's avatar singlikewildflowers says:
    November 26, 2021 at 12:25 am

    Wild turkey?? You’re lucky to have seen and heard it. Ducklings in the summer and turkey in autumn…cool sightings.

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  10. indianeskitchen's avatar indianeskitchen says:
    November 26, 2022 at 9:48 pm

    They are very colorful! I wonder if they taste different then farm raised. Just kidding 🤣

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      November 27, 2022 at 8:49 pm

      Ha ha – I went back to the same place looking for some for a Thanksgiving post this year I was looking at the Rouge River shoreline – no turkeys, then turned around to see a half-dozen deer prancing across the pathway I’d been on moments before. I grabbed the camera and got a few shots. What a surprise! They weren’t spooked by me and just kept going like I wasn’t there. 🙂

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