Turkey denied entry to safe house

We don't get many visitors at our front door. When we do, they are usually selling magazine subscriptions or soliciting help to save the environment. Today the tap, tapping was hesitant, unsure, but louder than the usual scratching made by ground squirrels.

I tugged the door open to find a wild turkey standing there.

Did it sense that we are vegetarians or detect by the aroma of nut loaf & marinara sauce that this was a safe house for Thanksgiving? Was it looking for respite from media coverage of the avian flu epidemic and looking for somewhere to go cold turkey?

Perhaps, but the next day 7 more turkeys glided in for a smooth touch down, before waddling off into the woods cackling with delight.

To hear and see more about wild turkeys go these excellent pages from Fairfax County Public Schools.