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Wild turkeys

November 22, 2012 by Midge Raymond

Earlier this fall, before the rain and snow arrived, I went to the park to read and looked up to find myself surrounded by wild turkeys. (Click here to see them chowing down not far from my picnic blanket.) I’ve seen them before, usually up on the hiking trails, so it was wonderful to find …

Celebrating wild turkeys on Thanksgiving

November 23, 2011 by John Yunker

For the last several months, I’ve been watching a family of wild turkeys as they meander around the hills and trails of Ashland — which makes the Thanksgiving holiday bittersweet in that so many of these beautiful animals end up on people’s plates rather than remain out in the wilderness where they belong. In the …