Ten turkey chicks sitting quietly at their mother’s instructions. Moments later she clucked for them to go into the bushes which they did instantly.
Photo by DON BARTLING
June 13, 2019
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June 13, 2019 1 a.m.
'Tis the season for turkey chicks
Recently I was driving up the Ball Creek road west of the Westside Road and 10 miles north of the Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge headquarters when around a hairpin curve I saw a mother wild turkey nervously sitting on the ground with her wings spread out.