My Christmas Surprise 2011

Every Christmas we seem to have some unexpected visitors and this year was no different.  How I look forward to this company.

New Jersey USA Wild Turkey - Male

For the first time in many, many months, we had a flock of beautiful wild turkeys stop by to say "hello". 

The elder of the clan was quite impressed with himself - ogling his image in our sliding glass doors.  Even a herd of deer seemed to be amazed by the presence of these big birds.  They came close and stood together just watching their antics outside our back door.  They were really curious about these birds, following them through the woods and stopping to stare.

The turkeys were brilliant, wandering about playfully and then one by one hopped on a big tree trunk that had been leveled by Hurricane Irene to roost for the afternoon.   How delightful.