Baby Turkeys

How's this for a cheerful Monday morning post?  Remember the wild turkeys from one of my very first posts called Bourbon?  Well those turkeys just had babies!  My sister Michele emailed these photos to me.  She took them through her kitchen window so as not to scare the little guys off, but I wish she would try to get a few clearer shots before they get any bigger.  They must be only a few days old because they are so tiny, as far as turkeys go.  I am wondering what kind of sound they make.  Is it like a chirping gobble gobble or more like the peep peep of a baby chick?  Did you know baby turkeys are called poults?  Well now you do, so you learned something new and useful today.  Hopefully Michele will update us with their progress from time to time.

Comments

[Irene]

Well, well, well... You're back on track!!!! Sooooooooo great to see you again. I agree... these babies are terrific. Wild life abounds in CT.

[Michele Kelly]

Okay, so I will take the SUBTLE hints and send photos as they grow. Next time I will try to sneak out our back door and come around to the front yard to snap some close ups. They visit us every day, sometimes twice a day. I will definitely keep you updated because they grow very fast. They chirp like chicks. I know this because they were busy chirping along the hill in our yard as they followed their mom to the back woods.
There is a baby deer with spots and its mother who also visit. I will try to get pictures of them too. I witnessed the baby running around our woods the other morning at 6:00. It was having so much fun and then eventually rejoined its mother to jump over the stone wall and visit our neighbors.

[Frank]

I can't believe you didn't take pictures of that baby deer! Get on it!