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[robertk]

Good morning everyone.

 

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[Gare]

Good Morning T Neters 11

 

[robertk]

Well it isn't as dramatic as I sometimes see, but I got a video of the wild turkeys coming for breakfast yesterday. They were more skittish than usual, maybe from the train that's passing and audible in the background. But like usual, the flock hangs back and sends a scout to see if it's OK. As soon as she starts eating, the rest come running.

 

[fishstick]

Good morning y'all

 

[CreekSide]

Good morning
Have a safe Friday

 

[Surf_Pirate]

1500 feet of creek frontage. 20 acre claim.

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If I leave now, I could be there by March.... I'll even bring my own gear. What's my cut? Oh my that looks so inviting... c'mon c'mon whatcha say Vike? Huh huh.... Oh boy oh boy

 

[Surf_Pirate]

1500 feet of creek frontage. 20 acre claim.

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all three pics has a great spot ready for the sleuce... Should I bring a highbanker?

 

[releventchair]

Well it isn't as dramatic as I sometimes see, but I got a video of the wild turkeys coming for breakfast yesterday. They were more skittish than usual, maybe from the train that's passing and audible in the background. But like usual, the flock hangs back and sends a scout to see if it's OK. As soon as she starts eating, the rest come running.

First one was a jake.

Fun birds to watch.
Good thing they are not four times bigger though..

 

[releventchair]

Mornin all.

 

[oldmxrat]

Good morning

 

[Iceman-NYS]

Well it isn't as dramatic as I sometimes see, but I got a video of the wild turkeys coming for breakfast yesterday. They were more skittish than usual, maybe from the train that's passing and audible in the background. But like usual, the flock hangs back and sends a scout to see if it's OK. As soon as she starts eating, the rest come running.

Cool video, the first one in is a Jake, young male turkey, I normally have several feed at our bird feeder in the winter but haven't seen any so far this winter.

 

[releventchair]

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[Chilli]

Well it isn't as dramatic as I sometimes see, but I got a video of the wild turkeys coming for breakfast yesterday. They were more skittish than usual, maybe from the train that's passing and audible in the background. But like usual, the flock hangs back and sends a scout to see if it's OK. As soon as she starts eating, the rest come running.

Love it 😁👍

 

[Chilli]

First one was a jake.

Fun birds to watch.
Good thing they are not four times bigger though..

So that's what they call the males.
Still on Turkeys.
I was very disappointed recently to find out that one of my favourite drinks from the US, Wild Turkey does not even contain any! False advertising. 🫤

 

[releventchair]

So that's what they call the males.
Still on Turkeys.
I was very disappointed recently to find out that one of my favourite drinks from the US, Wild Turkey does not even contain any! False advertising. 🫤

A male is a Tom.
Jake is a first year tom.

Bottled Wild Turkey might be a little like chicken noodle soup in a can of which it is rumored the chicken wore rubber boots and walked through it. As opposed to actually containing any real fragment of a chicken.

Pork and beans at least has a an individual less than gram probably piece of pork (?) in it.
Why it isn't called beans and pork eludes me as much as chicken noodle instead of noodles and perhaps some chicken D.N.A. on a single bit of dander that fell off the booted fowl on it's stroll /wade through the soup...
Well it is called soup anyways.
I guess if I added noodles to a bowl of heated seawater it would be called soup too?

 

[pepperj]

A male is a Tom.
Jake is a first year tom.

Bottled Wild Turkey might be a little like chicken noodle soup in a can of which it is rumored the chicken wore rubber boots and walked through it. As opposed to actually containing any real fragment of a chicken.

Pork and beans at least has a an individual less than gram probably piece of pork (?) in it.
Why it isn't called beans and pork eludes me as much as chicken noodle instead of noodles and perhaps some chicken D.N.A. on a single bit of dander that fell off the booted fowl on it's stroll /wade through the soup...
Well it is called soup anyways.
I guess if I added noodles to a bowl of heated seawater it would be called soup too?

I saw the beard and I was going to comment that is she might be identifying as a he.
Or was it that he was the new she?

Then the query I read that 10% of the hens have a beard. Some areas can be 30%.

But is it a beard or a waddle hang down?

I didn’t want the wild turkey gender etiquette squad come a pecking at my door. 😁

 

[robertk]

First one was a jake.

Thanks. (I almost went back and edited after posting to change "she" to "he", but I wasn't sure, so just left it.)

Then the query I read that 10% of the hens have a beard. Some areas can be 30%.

I'd heard that too. And I've not seen that one strutting (yet?) either, but spring is coming, so we'll find out, I guess. It does make a certain amount of sense that it would be a male that goes first and checks things out before the flock follows.

 

[Evan in CA]

Good morning everyone,

 

[aShardOfHistory]

Oooohhhh I came here with good news but what's this? I'm loving the new look of this forum!!!

I'm still missing y'all but real life have been really crap and getting worse for a while, I'm nolonger metal detecting and had to part ways with a lot of my collection so pretty bummed about that 😞

Nothing to worry about tho! I'll make it through as long as I'm alright and I am so one day I'llqb get back to it and have been better finds!!

But the reason I'm here today, @blossom... I have news!!!

Back at the end of last year I stated my training and have started my self recording journey! I now have 3 items recorded on the PAS with more to follow using the self recording options of the PAS!

NOTE: For non UK people.

The PAS (Portable Antiquities Scheme) is a database run by the British museum and the Welsh museum.

It enables and encourages mudlarks and metal detectorists to register finds they get with the museum to add to the knowledge and history.

Getting to be a self recorder is an achievement and not many are around, when I asked my club leaders of very big local clubs neither knew how to go about becoming a self recorder so that should put it into perspective

Needless to say I'm probably way more excited than I should be but I'm loving it!!

And gained me access to a forum of the museum staff and experts such as Carl a numastic researcher and other experts in their fields as well as the FLOs which is awesome to see the behind the scenes of the PAS

 

[pepperj]

Thanks. (I almost went back and edited after posting to change "she" to "he", but I wasn't sure, so just left it.)


I'd heard that too. And I've not seen that one strutting (yet?) either, but spring is coming, so we'll find out, I guess. It does make a certain amount of sense that it would be a male that goes first and checks things out before the flock follows.

Male 1st?
For deer it's the Stag that will send the Doe out first. Go test the ice dear. 🤣
Then we'll follow, seen that before.
But it doesn't always work out well.
Doe is lighter than Buck, and then the swimming begins.
Maybe in the bird world males step up.