Thanks to Tennesse Magazine for these photos
Wild turkey on the roost with her poults trying to give them the best shelter that she can provide.
Giving shelter with her wings
Notice the large lateral branches the hen has chosen. When scouting note trees with these types of branching, wild turkeys favor them for roosting.
Looks like the poults are getting unruly–Yelp!
Attention, something is coming our way.
Notice how small these poults are and they’re sitting up in a large tree already.
Looks to be more peaceful while the kids were in the eggs.
Looks like the nesting hen is turning her eggs.
Please post your captions in the comments. Enjoy.
FirstBubba says
Will these wonders never cease?
Charlie says
Sure hope not, there are more coming so this post will be updated when they arrive.
FirstBubba says
It just keeps getting “more gooder”! LOL!
Charlie says
Other photos are supposed to be coming. But have not received any of them yet.
WRC says
Great photos
Charlie says
My favorite is the hen with her wings spread over the poults.
N.C.L.W. says
Photo #1 reminds me of the time I saw a wing bone (happened to be too rotten to create a call from under an identical branch formation locally on private land. ‘yotes!
huntfishtrap says
Wow. That’s pretty neat. Keep ’em coming, Charlie.