Photo by DON BARTLING
A wild turkey hen guarding her young chicks at her right side on the ground.
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.