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Wild Turkeys Following Mailman Door to Door (Original Post) duckworth969 Mar 15 OP
How interesting. I wonder why... 3catwoman3 Mar 16 #1
That's so cute. StarryNite Mar 16 #2
Amazing! calimary Mar 16 #3
I believe someone has been videohead5 Mar 16 #4
Wonder where that was taken jfz9580m Mar 16 #5
They're very common in New England. Totally Tunsie Mar 16 #6
Really? Very cool.. jfz9580m Mar 16 #8
Alpha turkey. So used to seeing turkeys chasing at full speed videos. Norrrm Mar 16 #7
they're just keeping him in line Skittles Mar 16 #9
we have them in central Maine but they don't get this close to humans eShirl Mar 16 #10
Funny! TY! electric_blue68 Mar 16 #11
Hilarious! red dog 1 Mar 16 #12

calimary

(89,951 posts)
3. Amazing!
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 01:33 AM
Mar 16

The Wild Turkey Escort Service! As close as your mail carrier, and they put on a good show!

jfz9580m

(17,172 posts)
5. Wonder where that was taken
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 02:15 AM
Mar 16

I have seen ducks and geese long back when I was in the US. Wild Turkeys no..very funny.

I like your comment..

Totally Tunsie

(11,848 posts)
6. They're very common in New England.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 03:12 AM
Mar 16

At my son's home in Massachusetts, they fly down from the pine trees and chase their dog in the backyard.
It's also not unusual for cars to be stopped on a roadway as they cross, and it's especially cute when their flock of chicks are following along. Add 10 minutes to springtime morning commuting!

We call them "Thanksgiving dinner on the fly".

jfz9580m

(17,172 posts)
8. Really? Very cool..
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 03:35 AM
Mar 16

Thanks Tunsie..
How cute..I saw a peacock and a peahen a couple of times locally and hoped their compass had not gotten mangled. They aren’t migratory birds as far as I know. I know very little about birds. So I am not sure which birds this even applies to:

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2014.15176

But noise does affect birds.

https://www.earth.com/news/noise-pollution-is-changing-how-birds-behave-breed-and-survive/

And charlatans exploit that via the reliably sleazy Facebook to distract from the real issues:

https://www.audubon.org/news/no-5g-radio-waves-do-not-kill-birds
(UFO researcher it seems..I’d like to give him a UFO to shove up his..jerks like that make it far too easy for Yimbies to shut down any real complaints as conspiracy theory).

We call them "Thanksgiving dinner on the fly".

Nooooooooooooooo…poor birdies!

eShirl

(20,236 posts)
10. we have them in central Maine but they don't get this close to humans
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 05:01 AM
Mar 16
these act like the neighbor's ducks running up to us for a handout
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