And then thought better of it and reversed direction?.
This morning I was walking with Seniors at Allegheny Cemetery
In addition to the turkey sighting we heard a lot of birds today.
I start the Merlin App and put it in my pocket to record all the birds in the cemetery.
We walked the 2.5 miles and heard the following birds-
American Robin
Northern Cardinal
Blue Jay
Song Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Downy Woodpecker
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
Red-winged Blackbird
American Crow
Northern Flicker
Chimney Swift
Mourning Dove
European Starling
I wonder who he was visiting
Not sure who he was visiting but he didn’t appreciate our interrupting his visit!
That looks like a cool cemetery with some old graves. The turkey seems to be enjoy his stroll through it. We have a cuckoo bird in the orchard across from us. (as well as many other birds)
It is a huge cemetery with lots of history. There’s an owl family too although I didn’t see them. Does the cuckoo call sound like a clock?
It does!!
Maybe he wanted to join your walking group?
Hmmm, I think he saw us and skedaddled the other way.
Looks like the turkey was on a mission to pay his respects. Glad you mentioned the Merlin app. I downloaded it and identified 4 birds within 1 minute, before 6:00 this morning. Fun app
Birds of Maine! That’s so cool that you got four birds so quickly. Love that app. Thanks Carrie.
The turkey crosses the road to find you who is making a blog post about him
😂
Turkey: “I can tell those old broads are looking at me and are already thinking about Thanksgiving. One of them just activated the Merlin app think. She’ll probably be looking up sausage stuffing soon.” Dc
😂 old broads, eh? Hmmmmm😂
Oh no! I typed it on my phone and it auto corrected from “cool babes” to “old broads.” So sorry. 😱
That autocorrect is something else!!!!
Wonder what Louis Brown, born in 1783, would think of how the world has evolved to result in your gazing calmly at a turkey near his grave while out for a senior stroll. That would have been food on the loose in his day!
Nice to see the violets in bloom too. Percy Bysshe Shelley, born in 1792, wrote, “The cemetery is an open space among the ruins, covered in winter with violets and daisies. It might make one in love with death, to think that one should be buried in so sweet a place.”
Something to contemplate on your next walk… Kathryn
It is a sweet place. So many birds singing. I loved your comment today. I will think on these things on my twice a week walks in this beautiful cemetery.
Wow, that is a lot of birds to hear on your walk. I didn’t know there was such an app, but then again I’m not particularly techy. Those wild turkeys can get vicious. But this one seems to have not really noticed you.
I think we scared him. I’ve heard they can be mean. Not particularly attractive either.