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Garden Photo of the Day

Garden Photo of the Day


Happy Thanksgiving!

comments (5) November 24th, 2011 in blogs

mgervais Michelle Gervais, Associate Editor
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Photo: Courtesy of Irvin Faria
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Is your turkey in the oven yet? Check out Irvin and Pauline Faria's turkeys in the garden! He says, "Pauline’s garden is a Certified National Wildlife Habitat. Its woodland setting provides an ideal wildlife habitat.  Among our visitors are these wild turkeys (Meleagris californica) who visit daily.  At night they sleep in the oak trees, then awaken us in the morning with their distinctive gobbling call.  Male “gobblers” show off their fanlike tail, bare head and bright beard while the hens look on. The hens generally lay 4-17 eggs in March and April but predator attacks results in few survivors, as is evident by the hens and chicks." Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! And thanks, Irvin, for sharing your turkeys with us!

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Joyce70 writes: Sorry to be late posting a comment. Hope Thanksgiving was great! I loved the turkeys and would love to see more of the garden sometime. Posted: 2:11 pm on November 26th
tractor1 writes: Happy Thanksgiving To All!

I love wild turkeys. I have them on my property here in the catskills. Here you can see some newly hatched and how they grew:
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http://i43.tinypic.com/nbag6a.jpg Posted: 4:55 pm on November 24th
sheilaschultz writes: Lovely, Irvin and Pauline... a perfect way to start this special day. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Posted: 10:59 am on November 24th
pattyspencer writes: The baby turkey is the cutest! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!! Posted: 9:06 am on November 24th
Deanneart writes: Perfect! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Posted: 6:57 am on November 24th
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