Saturday, October 23, 2010

The Turkeys are Back!

I was so excited.  While getting some work done around, in, and outside the house we heard our turkeys gobbling out back.  Went to look out the window and there they were!  Somewhere between 8 and 10 of them in the pasture behind the house.  We hear them quite often, but this is only about the 3rd time or so we've been able to get some pictures of them.  The deer were not sure they liked the turkeys being out in "their" pasture.  LOL  And I don't think they quite knew what they were and what was going on.  Or that they trusted them.  But my hubby was able to get some pretty good pictures of them in the pasture. 
We do wildlife managment on our small 30 acre ranch and it is so exciting and gratifying to see that our efforts are paying off.  We have to plant grasses, seeds, plants and other food supplies.  Plus provide water and shelter to attract the wildlife. Since we have a small acreage, we mainly manage for small wildlife, butterflies, birds, etc.  Although we have lots of deer, they don't consider our acreage large enough to manage for them.  But they've never been trying to drive down my drive in the evening and watching the 10-15 deer that are ALWAYS along the road and in the pasture on either side of the drive.
Hope you can see them and enjoy the pictures.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I bet it is relaxing to be able to look out and see nature. :)

KayzKreationz said...

Yes, we love it. Although sometimes it's a lot of work. :) But we love seeing all the wildlife around.

ClayItAgain / 12MidnightOils said...

Hi Kay :) I saw the cactus in the pics and wondered if you eat nopales? or have you ever tried the prickly pears?

KayzKreationz said...

Clay, I haven't tried eating them. I have had some cactus, but not eaten ours.

Raige Creations said...

cool pix Kay! we once had about 30 turkey wander into our backyard, and we lived in a small village at the time! It was wild.