Some might have called it a Dog Day of Summer, but I call it a Day for the Birds! Right after lunch on the way to BIL's we passed a country road just south of thier place. DH hit the brakes and blurted out, "You have GOT to see this!" while backing up the truck. He pointed my eyes down the gravel tree lined road. Wow! A whole gaggle of turkeys gathered in plain sight in the middle of that side road. We counted nine in the picture. We are seeing more and more turkeys every year!
Later this evening, I was out making the rounds, checking the birdboxes and much to my surprize I managed to catch the babies on their BIRTHDAY! You can see in the pic that three are completely hatched out and the last one has pipped. See his cute little bill peeking out of the egg? The others are all ready to eat. I wonder if the parents have fed them yet? Father bluebird was not too far off. He perched on a T-post not too far away, keeping a close eye on me as I snapped a few pics of his tiny newborns.
