Ziggy Stardust made his first pass early this morning with two of his girls. Now he has five! The air is filled with turkey song! Yes, they do sing back-and-forth to one another.
Ziggy is a true rock star! He knew that I was taking his pix—posed so long that his girls started to go off without him.
Notice Ziggy’s blue face today? Someone got carried away with his makeup!
Margot— Ziggy stopped by just for you!
Looking good, Ziggy! Carole, is this really Ziggy? He sure is strutting his stuff today. He is magnificent. What an awesome array of plumage. I just love these photos. What a blessing for you to have all this right in your backyard. I never thought that Florida still had such an abundance of wildlife. You’re really opening my eyes.
I notice the fence in the background. Do these rascals just fly into your yard and hang out there even with all your dogs and cats?
Ziggy just knew that he was a chick magnet today! Yes, Margot—this is Ziggy! We do have an abundance of wildlife here. There are probably still more wild areas of FL than there are populated areas. In our area, we also have black bear, and an occasional Large cat that comes through. (Large, as in FL cougar.)
The turkeys come through no matter what. I have another area fenced just for the dogs, and they will also go in there, although when they do, I chase them out. The turkeys do not worry about the cats. They will allow the cats to get very close to them, unless they have chicks.
I hope that when the chicks come, I’ll be able to capture the group participation that is involved with raising the chicks. It is amazing.
I just love these photos. The turkeys are really gorgeous!
Just when I thought you could not show us a more handsome Turkey! I always thought of Florida as full of bugs, snakes, spiders, and Alligators. You have everything we have in Michigan and a whole lot more.
We do have all that you’ve mentioned, but we have a lot of good animals too.
You’re probably all tired of my turkey pix by now, but I couldn’t resist when Ziggy looked so handsome today.
You need to come to FL—I will show you a state that you’ve never seen before. No Disney, etc.
Ziggy is a dandy isn’t he? I didn’t think anyone could surpass David Bowie’s eye makeup but Ziggy gets the honors…Now all we need are the spiders from mars – let’s see what you can come up with for that, Carole…
please be creative!
Hmmm—spiders from Mars. I might need to go a little further south for that mission! I believe the spiders from Mars are more in Julie H’s territory.
I’m not tired of turkey pictures. That Ziggy is simply stunning to look at. thanks for sharing
It is probably a good thing, since I’m sure that more will follow! Ziggy was out strutting his stuff very early this morning. He pick up a new girl overnight and is busy calling for more. He is a very popular guy!