Tribute to @memphis and her Lapper turkeys

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Sep. 1, 2018 @memphis wrote

:lau Hey all! I haven’t visited this thread in a long time, but I had to share this short video of my BR fanning her fanny!

Anne...that video is hysterical! I love it!

Aurora...that baby is really growing!! No idea on variety. Does it still snuggle up to one of the mommas at night? I got the biggest kick out of all the moms!

Hot, hot, hot here. But it's just starting to cool off a bit at night. We've had some spotty down-pours the last few days. Which we needed! Always grateful for rain in August. We have had a round of those big locust things hatching. Daisy loves eating them. All the other birds are scared of them. If she hears one, she starts trying to find it. So that's been fun to watch her hunt one down by sound. Never have seen her hunt bugs that way before. I'm used to her hunting bugs by sight. A turkey hunting by sound is interesting to me. Maybe shes been using her hearing while hunting more than I thought. But this is very apparent. If she hears one, her head goes up and you can see she is zeroing in on the sound before she sees it. Of course my friends have long ago decided I've lost it...but did point out the other evening that discussing my turkeys hunting techniques as dinner conversation is a new low....

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Sep. 2, 2018 @memphis wrote

R2elk....I've noticed how keen their hearing is. But this is the first time I've seen a turkey hunt totally by hearing to locate prey. However, I now wonder if hearing hasn't been a part of her hunting technique all along. Its obvious with these noisy bugs...but when she's hunting in the grasses she get so still before she finds a bug. I always thought she was looking for a bug....now I wonder if she's listening for them before she spots them. I have spent more time watching her hunt than I want to admit. Find it fascinating. But then it doesn't take much......

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Sep. 5, 2018 @memphis wrote

PolarBerry....hope the baby makes it!

Yeah I've noticed weird ads too....

Going to get rain from the tropical storm. We need it. Funny, but when we get rain from a storm/hurricane, it smells salty.

So far Daisy is the only one molting. Annie hasn't dropped one feather. And boy is Daisy being grumpy. She'll come sit next to me, but no touching or she squeaks. Poor girl. I feel so sorry for them during molt!

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