More of the Brood Flock

The trail camera closest to the house has been busy lately with plenty of wild turkey action - including at least one mama hen with her poults.

This series of photos was taken a week ago Sunday morning about 8:30 over a period of more than ten minutes.

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Judging from the number of poults in these images this may very well be a couple of brood flocks or a bigger brood flock than I originally imagined.  If I had to hazard a guess it is the latter rather than the former.

For sure the second hen to wander on to the scene is a Boss Hen - the dominant matriarch of the local turkey clan.

 

Evidence of this is her strutting and displaying behavior. 

Interesting stuff to witness second hand and gratifying to see the local turkey population flourishing.  Glad these birds took the opportunity to loiter as long as they did...