Yesterday I saw my first wild turkey, i.e. "lifer" bird, up on the San Francisco Peaks. This being November and with Thanksgiving just around the corner I won't say exactly where. Let's just say that the hunter who bagged one of these birds would have to be an extremely motivated and fit outdoorsman.
Besides being the first truly wild turkeys I've seen, what impressed me the most about these birds was just how unlike the pitiful doomed birds you see at the county fair or coming out the business end of Safeway they were. These wild birds were slim, sleek, and freakin' fast. When they saw me coming down the trail they were gone in a flash, leaving me no time to even think about removing my camera's lens cap. By the time I reached the clearing they'd been crossing they were long gone.
I only saw them for a couple of seconds but my perception of turkeys has been forever changed.
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