latest sightings up in maine

[Brummie]

Hey Lucky T
It was summer yesterday! God... don't tease me.You saw butterflie's already?I've seen a few hornet's and flie's. My blue bell's are up, and my gooseberry bush has sprout's.It's this time of the year I have to remind myself,patience.

[LUCKYT]

You and me both brother! LOL! Dave

[Brummie]

I hear about wood pigeon's here in the United State's. Are they the same as the European wood pigeons?

[lwerden]

Hi you guys.........Reading all your posts of Spring with the snow melting, and watching all the flocks of birds returning home north has really made me homesick. I lived in the Northeast most of my life and I really do miss the changing of seasons, all the green and bloomings of Spring. Wild Turkeys, Canadian Geese, Trumpeters.........WOW.....I sure do miss them all.


Here in Vegas.........we have just two Seasons...........mildly chilly in Winter and Super Hot tempertures of over 100 degrees for months on end. Not much green here either....desert is brown........everything is brown......all year long. Well............at least we have pigeons here.

It was sure nice reading your posts and remembering all that I am missing.

Regards

[Jay3]

We have Turkeys all over the roads around here. Problem is they build up too much, and the poor things lose their land they need to forage on. They are really a sight to see, especially when you have to stop in the middle of the road to let them cross. I usually carry cracked corn in the car, and often stop and throw some out for them. It's funny to see them all do an about face and come running back to the shoulder of the road for their treat. Some of them get really big.

[Jay3]

This was taken in a patients yard. Not a good shot however. It was taken through a window, on a dark rainy day. Digitals don't like the dark days.

[pattersonk2002]

Originally Posted by Jay3

This was taken in a patients yard. Not a good shot however. It was taken through a window, on a dark rainy day. Digitals don't like the dark days.

The picture tells the story well enough, I know what you mean about the widow thing, the one I posted was taken threw the window and you can see the dirt on it lol. I get turkeys all the time right outside the house but taking pictures threw the widow with the screens in does not work, it is impossible to sneak up on those guys to get a really good one but I will keep trying

[Jay3]

Originally Posted by pattersonk2002

The picture tells the story well enough, I know what you mean about the widow thing, the one I posted was taken threw the window and you can see the dirt on it lol. I get turkeys all the time right outside the house but taking pictures threw the widow with the screens in does not work, it is impossible to sneak up on those guys to get a really good one but I will keep trying

You'll have to put a corn feeder nearer the house, and remove the screen. LOL. Good luck!

[pattersonk2002]

Originally Posted by Jay3

You'll have to put a corn feeder nearer the house, and remove the screen. LOL. Good luck!

crap if I started feeding them I would have over fifty of them to feed, I used to years ago but there on there own now, I told them it's a depresion so beat it lol. I have a tree fort I built for the kids years ago and if I had the time to go back there and sit I could get so many pictures of just about every thing but black bears and elk, they are a little farther north for now I will just spend the time with my Pigeons

[Jay3]

The tree fort sounds like a great place to shoot photos from. Wish I had one. LOL.

[pattersonk2002]

I know you really can't see them but if you look just above the pond, those spots are turkeys hurring along the fence row to get to there roost across the road down by the creek. I wish I would have seen them a little earlier, there was 16 in all and the last two where huge toms, when I tried to get closer they took off at high speed, I am lucky to have gotten this picture. Jay, if I did start feeding them I would go broke fast when there friends showed up.

[Jay3]

Well, I like the picture. I can see them. Thanks. Maybe you'll see them again when it's lighter out. LOL.