Sunday, May 23, 2004, on a walk in the North Loop, my dogs suddenly charged into the bushes. As I hauled them back on their leashes, an enormous creature leaped out, making lots of noise and clearly angry. It was a turkey, larger than I expected, moving quickly, deeper into the woods. As we walked on, it disappeared from view. On a hunch, I walked back to where we'd first encountered it, and the turkey quickly returned, fluttering and noisy, clearly wanting to lead us away from what I imagine was a nest or a chick or two.
I had time for a few quick pictures before we moved off to leave the bird in peace.
All this took place between 11:21 and 11:22 am. EDT, in Ellanor Lawrence Park, Centreville, Virginia, USA.
All the pictures are on the following page. Click the small images to see them larger. Click the left and right edges of the large images to step through a whole page as a slideshow.
Ted Ruegsegger
http://toyrus.ngrok.io/~ted/
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