Main Street Turkey
Back in the late 1970's and 1980's the FS and Fish and Game transplaneted turkeys into the area. So one of the blessings of especially spring time is to see the flock of turkeys that hang out at the base of forest summit on the Fort Jone's side. There are probably about 20-30 of them now. I usually see them at least 2 or 3 times a week on my commute to work. No wonder Benjamin Franklin suggested the turkey as the symbol for America. They are absolutely stunning to see when they have their feathers all fanned out. One day a month or so ago, traffic had to stop as about 20 turkeys walked single file across highway 3 at the moffet creek bridge.

So today as I commuted through downtown Fort Jones there was a turkey walking down the street. I just waved a friendly hello to it and I think it might have winked at me.