turkey on the lawn

We were driving down a quiet street last night on the way to the boy's fencing lesson, when low and behold, we spied a female turkey casually walking down the street across people's lawns. She picked her way through the grass, and every now and again gave off a low cooing cluck. Not quite a chicken noise, but she most certainly wasn't a dove either. She was completely indifferent to my car as I slowly drove along next to her, and unafraid of the group of people sneaking along behind her with cameras in their hands.

my one blurry picture of the event

It was a lovely, unexpected thing to see on a busy Tuesday evening.