Caution...turkey crossing!

[Coinstar magnet]

Always a good idea to warn motorist of heavy wildlife traffic. Here in the Colorado Rockies I came up on a toad crossing sign. I definitely slowed down and kept an eye out, so not to squish any.

I saw a toad crossing sign in England...I guess it's a real thing...if a car hits a massive amount of toads it'll cause the car to slide...what do they call a group of toads? There's a gaggle of geese, murder of crows....a knot of toads...(I cheated and looked it up). Apparently it occurs when mating...and a group of turkeys can be called a rafter or a flock...wow...I learned something new.

 

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Wooded areas in the state hold some amazing wildlife ,I live over here in Agawam along the Connecticut River,I;ve seen bear,coyotes,foxes red and gray,mink,beavers,wild turkeys,deer,had a black squirrel out back,ended up a hawks lunch,many hawks hunt overhead,seen Bald Eagles,Bobcats,all within a 5 mile radius from home,wildlife is AMAZING.

That's cool...where previously lived... Washington state...I had sighted some bear, coyote, cougar over the years etc... just delivering mail...

 

[DizzyDigger]

Might be a normal thing for Canadians and those living in the NE, but I recall seeing a sign in Northern Maine..

"Watch for MOOSE on Roadways"

 

[ArfieBoy]

That's cool...where previously lived... Washington state...I had sighted some bear, coyote, cougar over the years etc... just delivering mail...

I was a rural mail carrier for 28 years. Never saw any cougars, but saw a lot of bears, deer, elk, coyotes, wolves, rattlesnakes and other wildlife along my route. Part of my job I really enjoyed the most!

Hey DD, while motorcycling in Montana I saw several signs of watching for Moose on the highways.

 

[Coinstar magnet]

I was a rural mail carrier for 28 years. Never saw any cougars, but saw a lot of bears, deer, elk, coyotes, wolves, rattlesnakes and other wildlife along my route. Part of my job I really enjoyed the most!

Hey DD, while motorcycling in Montana I saw several signs of watching for Moose on the highways.

Ah, nice to hear from a fellow rural carrier...

 

[worldtalker]

Dead is so much easier that expending energy to catch it,just come and get it.

Here's one eating a carp that got stuck in the field when high river water receded,I watched it for a week eating on that carp,wildlife AMAZES me.

 

[Coinstar magnet]

I was a rural mail carrier for 28 years. Never saw any cougars, but saw a lot of bears, deer, elk, coyotes, wolves, rattlesnakes and other wildlife along my route. Part of my job I really enjoyed the most!

Hey DD, while motorcycling in Montana I saw several signs of watching for Moose on the highways.

Nice to hear you also were a rural carrier...

 

[Chilli]

Always a good idea to warn motorist of heavy wildlife traffic. Here in the Colorado Rockies I came up on a toad crossing sign. I definitely slowed down and kept an eye out, so not to squish any.

 

[Chilli]

And to think that they were almost our national bird

National bird!
Here they run our country!

 

[Coinstar magnet]

National bird!
Here they run our country!

Agreed!

 

[ToddsPoint]

I've seen so many in my front yard at once you couldn't even get a good count. It's fun to watch them. We put out corn and bird seed and have many critters show up. We saw our first (and probably only ever) "ghost turkey" last summer. A full grown white wild turkey in a large flock. Haven't seen it again.

I was hunting once and jumped a white pheasant. I couldn’t tell if it was a hen or cock so I didn’t shoot. It started cackling after it was out of range so I knew it was a rooster. I was after it for the next few weeks but never saw it again. Then I found out a guy a mile away raised white pheasants and it was one that escaped. I’m wondering if your turkey is wild or a barnyard escapee?

 

[Coinstar magnet]

Here's one eating a carp that got stuck in the field when high river water receded,I watched it for a week eating on that carp,wildlife AMAZES me.

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Yum yum...I remember walking with my grandson on the beach...and nearly stepped on a dead baby seal... suddenly the sky darkened...my grandson's eyes widened...I didn't see it but an eagle swooped right over my head...thinking I was about to disturb its lunch...I turned and did see it land on a nearby branch...it was quite startling...somewhere in there I managed to hit my head on a branch of a beach log that was sticking out...a weird sequence of events...

 

[ToddsPoint]

Always a good idea to warn motorist of heavy wildlife traffic. Here in the Colorado Rockies I came up on a toad crossing sign. I definitely slowed down and kept an eye out, so not to squish any.

When I was a kid we were on vacation in FL. We left my grandparents home In Miami and headed up the tamiami trail through the Everglades. Suddenly my mom yelled to stop. Critters were crossing the road. Hundreds of small rabbits were crossing the road. My dad didn’t want to be slowed down and eased forward. My mom was yelling to stop, 🛑 and we had to wait a good long time until they crossed. Finally we moved on. Before long, it was another group of critters crossing the road. My mom said stop!🛑 As we got closer, my dad said “They’re frogs, we’re rolling!”🤣

 

[tamrock]

When I was a kid we were on vacation in FL. We left my grandparents home In Miami and headed up the tamiami trail through the Everglades. Suddenly my mom yelled to stop. Critters were crossing the road. Hundreds of small rabbits were crossing the road. My dad didn’t want to be slowed down and eased forward. My mom was yelling to stop, 🛑 and we had to wait a good long time until they crossed. Finally we moved on. Before long, it was another group of critters crossing the road. My mom said stop!🛑 As we got closer, my dad said “They’re frogs, we’re rolling!”🤣

One night long ago I was driving along a road out of Canon City, CO on a rainy night and there was a stretch where numerous frogs were hopping across the road. Along the side of the road there were the glowing eyes of some critters in the headlights looking at my vehicle as I was approaching. I wasn't really seeing what they were as they'd scurry out of sight the closer I got to them. Finally I caught a glimpse of one as it turned to retreat back into the darkness and noticed the long bushy stripped tail it had. They were these Ringtail Cats out at night going after all those frogs trying to cross the highway. Thats the only time I've ever seen those critters in all the years of living and traveling the roads of the Rockies. I read somewhere that the old time miners would capture the Ringtails, because they'd do as a cat would do and keep the miners cabin free of packrats and other rodents.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Ringtails are one of the coolest little critters out there...

Every odd year we get a very heavy run of Pink Salmon, locally known as "Humpies"
due to the big hump the males grow as they head up to spawn. There was a huge run in 2003, and our beach was covered with many hundreds of dead, rotting pink salmon.
The aroma was not a pleasant one, I assure you...

The Bald Eagles that year were like magpies..we'd have a dozen eagles stuffing their
beaks on the beach at any time, and we welcomed them being there to help clean up that mess. I finally went down with a snow shovel and tossed a couple hundred of 'em back into the stronger current, where they'd get carried downriver and get washed up on someone else's beach, so they could appreciate them, as well.

 

[Limitool]

I was hunting once and jumped a white pheasant. I couldn’t tell if it was a hen or cock so I didn’t shoot. It started cackling after it was out of range so I knew it was a rooster. I was after it for the next few weeks but never saw it again. Then I found out a guy a mile away raised white pheasants and it was one that escaped. I’m wondering if your turkey is wild or a barnyard escapee?

Well I thought that also until I looked them up and learned they were called ghost turkey's. There not 100% white but near the 90% arena. Believe me there is no mistaking a butterball turkey with a wild white turkey. I found out their very rare and seldom reach adulthood. The one I saw was fully grown.