This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------9E0695ABBBAF7FEC45FF1C47 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Perhaps the turkey has let the fact that it lives at the Naval Surface Warfare Center go to its head. Marcia W-W Bart Hutchinson wrote: > I was birding at work this morning and checking out a stand of trees > that earlier in the week hosted at least 10 Palm Warblers (that was > quite a sight, but that's another story). This morning it was pretty > quiet, so I was just standing there waiting for something to happen > when I saw a Wild Turkey come out of the woods. It was heading > towards me so I just stayed still - I thought maybe it didn't see me > or thought I was a pole or tree or something. The bird kept walking > closer and closer until it was only 3 feet away. I now realized that > he did in fact see me. > > It then started bobbing it's head back and forth at me and came even > closer. At this point I started fearing for my life. I began > backing away but the turkey kept following me and occasionally > throwing it's head and neck out at me. I tried to scare it by > raising my arms and waving them and yelling while walking towards it. > The bird was not phased. Much like the Energizer bunny, it kept > coming and coming. Now it was his turn to step up the attack - he > jumped into the air and swung it's wing at me. While it didn't hit > me, it came close enough that I could have grabbed it if was a little > more brave or more stupid. > > We went back and forth like this for a minute or two - me running at > it and the bird jumping up and trying to hit me with his wing. I > guess he realized that I was pretty wimpy because it again became > more agressive and ran right at me! I started running and it > followed. I ran around a utility pole and it followed - it was crazy > - I was being chased around a pole by a turkey! I began laughing at > the absurdity of the situation, but I still kept running. > Eventually, the turkey gave up and went his own way - I guess he > figured I wasn't much of a threat. > > Other birds of intrest: > > Bobwhite - 2 > Sharpshin - 2 > Coopers - possible > N. Parula - 3 - probably more. I heard a lot of singing > Prairie - 1 heard > Pine - 2 seen, many heard > Palm - 1 > > Safe in my office, > Bart --------------9E0695ABBBAF7FEC45FF1C47 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Marcia Watson-Whitmyre Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: Marcia Watson-Whitmyre n: Watson-Whitmyre;Marcia org: University of Delaware adr: 234 Hullihen Hall;;University of Delaware;Newark;Delaware;19716;USA email;internet: mww@udel.edu title: Assistant Director for Academic Policies Administration tel;work: 302-831-6656 tel;fax: 302-831-8745 x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------9E0695ABBBAF7FEC45FF1C47--