And On Your Right, Turkeys.

I've had three serious turkey sightings in the last two weeks, including in some unexpected places.

First sighting was two weeks ago riding the express bus downtown to work. Behind Hurdman Transit station there is a large area of green space and along the edge of the bike path, there - a turkey.

Another big sighting on highway 416 near Oxford Station Road. I saw a group of turkeys numbering 10-16 foraging in a field.

A group of turkeys is evidently called a flock, a brood, a bale or a rafter of turkeys.

Finally a week ago, on the way home, (on the express bus again!) I saw three turkeys in the ditch near the Montreal Road exit of the 174. There is a large swath of woods and fields and I frequently see deer there, but this was the second sighting within urban boundaries.

What I think is interesting is how rapidly they have rebuilt their population since being reintroduced in Eastern Ontario in the late 1980's and how they have migrated into and adapted to urban areas.