"In April, Will Millington was riding his dirt bike down a narrow trail in Norman, Okla., when he stopped before a flock of wild turkeys. The hens scattered, but two toms flared their feathers and stalked toward him. Then they suddenly leapt in the air, beat Mr. Millington with their wings and tried to scratch him with the sharp spurs on the backs of their legs.
Mr. Millington frantically revved his bike's motor. Thirty yards down the trail he looked back. "They were running after me," says the 46-year-old property manager. "That was kind of spooky."
As Americans prepare to eat some 46 million domestic turkeys slaughtered for Thanksgiving, their wild cousins are fighting back. The explosion of the wild-turkey population to nearly seven million from just 30,000 in the 1930s has put a growing number of humans in the face of angry gobblers... "
--excerpted from "One for 'The Birds': Wild Turkeys Attack Humans in Suburbia" ; "Toms, Seeing People as Low In Pecking Order, Commit Fowl Play With Spurs" (in today's issue of Wall Street Journal)
You 'gotta watch out for those wild turkeys! :)-
Happy Turkey Day Greeting (make sure you have the sound on)
Things to be thankful for: Lots of family and friends, great food (especially the turkey!), pretty weather (for today, at least- tomorrow's yet to be determined), homes full of warmth and people...and God, from whom we receive all our many blessings...
Have a great Thanksgiving!!!
Let the family feuding and fun begin.... :)-
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