Comments on: Crazy Jakes: turkeys in love…

By: Stan on the Brazos

Stan on the Brazos — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 01:27:15 +0000

IGotBupkis@2:14 PM, Remember two big events occurred in 1492 and both involved Spain 1)Spain finally defeated the Moslems(Moors) and drove them from Spain and 2) along came Columbus and “discovered” the new world. Remember Columbus was of the Portuguese navigator school, don’t you think some of them may have been blown off course and knew there was islands or land to the west? And Spain must have been ready for a new lands to win having just finally defeated the Moors.

By: Richard Saunders

Richard Saunders — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 00:42:13 +0000

Roy @ 9:28 — It’s vice versa, actually.

By: IGotBupkis, "Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses

IGotBupkis, "Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 18:14:36 +0000

Re:the Indian thing. I gather this is a hoary wives tale, too.

The navigation of the time was not so bad that they didn’t realize how far short of India they were… Columbus’ initial reports of the Caribbeans he encountered found them very innocent and childlike, hence he referred to them as”In Dios”, close to God… This eventually morphed into “indian”.

By: Stan on the Brazos

Stan on the Brazos — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 14:11:06 +0000

Yeah, there are now lots of wild turkeys around, Fish and Game in various states have done an excellent job of encouraging these animals – and yes they have gotten more comfortable with nearby humans. And the Brazos behind the house is receding (hurrah).

By: Mrs Whatsit

Mrs Whatsit — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:47:34 +0000

Guinea fowl do this too. We used to have some, primarily for entertainment value as they are crazy birds. They’d stalk suspiciously up to shiny hubcaps, glare at their reflections for a while, tilting their heads back and forth, and then peck furiously at the metal. Sometimes they also stood guard against the possibility of attacking automobiles in the middle of our not-very-well-traveled country road — which didn’t work out well for them when cars actually showed up.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:46:28 +0000

The “Crazy Jake” behavior with the car brought to mind a funny story from my college days. My roommate was an avid duck hunter and his lab, a beautiful black female named Lady Sioux Baltimore, lived with us. When Sioux went into heat, she REALLY went into heat – she would back up to fence posts and all manner of inanimate objects hoping to be mounted. I’d never seen anything like it. We used to look at her and just laugh.

By: Roy

Roy — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:45:45 +0000

I meant to add that around here (central KY), they are getting more and more plentiful. We see flocks of them all the time in fields and meadows or even in the wide medians of some interstate highways.

By: Roy

Roy — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:28:11 +0000

My wife and I were driving on one of the nearby roads one day when a wild tom flew out of the underbrush on the right side and crossed the road right in front of us. I swear he passed between our hood and windshield right at eye level. That was one big-a$$ bird. He startled the bejebus out of both of us.

A wild tom in flight looks just like a Klingon warbird.

By: MollyNH

MollyNH — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 01:11:49 +0000

They were reintroduced to NH & now the population is estimated at 44,000. We have a flock in our neighborhood & I have noticed that when checking them out they readily notice movement in a window from quite far off.

By: blert

blert — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 00:52:20 +0000

Word press is swallowing posts — again.