See the 50 inch cattle panel fence? Nice and short for anything with a set of wings? Well….
I was working outside and started hearing a bunch of animal fussing. My birds were putting up enough of a ruckus that I knew it was not an attempt to get an early dinner. I knew it wasn’t a hawk because they make a different noise for airborne “threats” including dragonflies. Looking around I see a wild turkey…running up and down the fence line! “Oh no” I thought. “It must have a hurt wing and can’t fly”. Logical thought right?
So I zoom in and snap a few pictures because its the first wild turkey in the yard. Then I start walking over from the back of the property while plotting ways to catch the poor turkey to get it to a rehab…because it surely is broken….
I get about 50 feet away when suddenly her brain turns on and the turkey backs up 10 feet…backs up another 10…then suddenly leaps up and opens 2 perfect wings and flies over the fence!
Yes…yes…the turkey was fine. Apparently 10 minutes of running up and down a fence line was enough to remember she can fly! Fun part? She had to have flown onto the property in the first place on that side or the dogs would’ve barked their heads off.
Turkeys are dumb