Note: This is the 6th posting in an ongoing series of photographs I am publishing throughout 2009. All of the “Backyard Wonders” photographs will be taken in my own back yard. My challenge is to see how many different kinds of landscape and wildlife photos I can come up with by the end of the year. You can view all of the photos from the series here on flickr. Enjoy!

There was a reason the regulars at our bird feeders were away this morning. Outnumbered and out-sized, the chick-a -dees, nuthatches and finches had to wait for breakfast until the flock of wild turkeys finished their meal.

Photo by Bob Hammerstrom

I enjoy watching the birds out our dining room window during winter and spring. The finches get bright yellow as spring continues. Today, my wife and I were surprised to find a flock of wild turkey browsing under the feeders. They were good sized birds and a couple had beards. They scratched through the leaves for leftovers from above.

Wild Turkey hunting season begins May 3, 2009, in New Hampshire. You can read more information about it on the New Hampshire Fish & Game’s web site.

-Bob Hammerstrom

bhammerstrom@nashuatelegraph.com

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