Thanks for your comments, Christine. I am not trying to attract them to my yard. They pass though on their way from the woods on my west to the creek and corn fields to my southeast. They peck on the sun room windows, dig in our potted plants on the deck, and poop on our deck. They also search for seeds under the bird feeders and occasionally try to get up to one of the feeders and knock it down so they can empty it. What I was trying to do was to get a decent image of them. They generally run off when they see the camera. How do they know?
When I was 8 or 9, my grandfather, who had raised chickens for many years, tried to raise turkeys. They are filthy, nasty birds, much more difficult than chickens. He only did it that one year, and I was glad to see them all "adopted" at Thanksgiving time. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > Great shot... but I have one question: why are you trying to attract > the turkeys to your yard? > > We have been battling an entire family of turkeys all summer... Mom, > Dad & the 6 kids keep wandering into our newly-seeded backyard for an > all-you-can-eat buffet. And our pooch, a lovable goof who seems to > have forgotten his place in the foodchain, has been absolutely no help > at all. > > :) > -c > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:56 AM, Daniel J. Matyola > <[email protected]> wrote: >> http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=139 >> >> Comments and criticisms are requested. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
